Scientists at the University of Turin and the University of Pisa have identified NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation, neurodegeneration, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, and autoimmune and metabolic disease.
In the bad old days of cancer treatment, it was the nasty side effects of chemotherapy that often ended up limiting treatment – and while checkpoint inhibitors have raised the bar in terms of efficacy and safety, they can have dangerous and unpleasant off-target consequences, too. Finding ways to focus the immune system on cancer and limiting any off-target effects will not only make checkpoint inhibitor therapy more tolerable but could also improve survival rates – and Sweden’s Ilya Pharma AB aims to do this with a novel approach combining synthetic biology with cell therapy.
