Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of The Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered 1,2,3-triazole derivatives acting as L-amino acid oxidase (IL4I1; LAAO) inhibitors designed for use in the treatment of cancer.
Scientists at Healzen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have described GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Vigonvita Life Sciences Co. Ltd. and Vigonvita Shanghai Co. Ltd. have described NMDA and serotonin receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological disorders.
Researchers at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and at Tongji University have disclosed glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL; IsoQC) and glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT; QC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, obesity, aging, immunological disorders and neurological disorders.
The RNA-based Nipah virus, which causes acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis, can be transmitted from fruit bats to humans directly or indirectly via pigs or horses. Researchers at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborators wondered whether their oral nucleoside prodrug VV-116, recently licensed against human coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 in China, would be effective against Nipah virus.
In an effort to identify stronger and safer α-glucosidase inhibitors, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences prepared a series of diarylpentane derivatives, the most promising of which, [I], reversibly inhibited α-glucosidase with an IC50 of 18 µM.
Researchers at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Suzhou Vigonvita Life Sciences Co. Ltd. have described NMDA receptor antagonists and/or monoamine transporter inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological disorders.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has disclosed discoidin domain-containing receptor 1 (DDR1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Scientists at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences have disclosed hypocrellin derivatives acting as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, bacterial infections and fungal infections.
Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers have patented heptanoate compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.
