Touchstone Innovations Ltd. has disclosed eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-α kinase 4 (GCN2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, myocardial ischemia, diabetic cardiopathy, cardiotoxicity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetic retinopathy.
Acetylenic lipids extracted from plants or marine sponges are known to have relevant cytotoxicity against tumoral cells. Previous work has shown that structural modifications to lipidic alkynylcarbinol (LAC) underpin specific changes in its cytotoxic activity.
The non-receptor tyrosine kinase (TK) Src is the first oncogene ever identified. In tumors, Src hyperactivation is usually linked to the aberrant activation of upstream receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). In previous work, researchers from IRCCS-Fondazione Santa Lucia and collaborators developed a library of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines inhibiting Src and other cytoplasmic TKs. Several compounds showed in vitro and in vivo activity in tumor models characterized by a deregulation of those kinases, such as osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma and glioblastoma.
Krystal Biotech Inc. has received FDA acceptance of its IND application for lead oncology drug candidate KB-707 for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor malignancies. KB-707 is a modified herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) vector designed to deliver genes encoding both human IL-12 and IL-2 to the tumor microenvironment and promote systemic immune-mediated tumor clearance.
Osteosarcomas (OS) are the most common malignant bone tumor. The disease originates within the fastest growing areas of the long bones of children and young adults, where the histologic hallmark of OS is malignant bone formation (osteoid). Improvements in treatments have proven difficult to date with metastatic OS remaining a bleak prognosis routinely leading to lung metastases to ultimately cause death.
Researchers from INSERM, Samsara Sciences Inc., Sorbonne University and Université Paris Cité have described autophagy inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, age-related disorders and viral infections.
Osteosarcoma (OS) is an aggressive cancer type, with frequent metastasis seen in the lungs, and for which two-thirds of metastatic patients fail to achieve durable responses and die due to the disease.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III have divulged alkynylcarbinols acting as 17β -hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 11 (17β-HSD11; 17bHSD11; 17βHSD11)-activated compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections.
Researchers from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University reported data from a study that aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of organic arsenic compounds for the treatment of osteosarcoma.
