Researchers from Novartis AG published preclinical data for the novel Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN) inhibitor, HRO-761, being developed for the treatment of microsatellite instability (MSI)-high cancers.
The world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of somatic mutations found in cancer is celebrating its 20th birthday by adding 307,000 new genomic variants to its 24 million-strong database. With somatic mutations being the main drivers of tumor development, the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) is firmly established as a source of potential drug targets, for the discovery and validation of biomarkers associated with prognosis, treatment response and patient outcomes, and as a resource for characterizing the mutational landscape of individual tumors.
Prologue Medicines Inc. has launched to develop therapeutics created from the viral proteome, which are proteins produced across all viruses. It’s a newer twist on harnessing the power of the proteins that regulate biology. The company was founded on the premise of peering beyond the human proteome to see if there were viral proteins that could become therapeutics, Theonie Anastassiadis, Prologue’s founding president, told BioWorld.
Kayothera Inc. has described aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, type 2 diabetes, male contraception and metabolic disease.
Tuojie Biotech (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has divulged cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, cancer, infections and inflammatory disorders.
Kymera Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 1 (DCAF1) binding moiety covalently linked to a bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4; HUNK1) targeting moiety.
Evergreen Theragnostics Inc. has entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with the Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI) to advance the development of novel radiopharmaceuticals.
Genmab A/S, in collaboration with Biontech SE, has presented data on a novel OX40 agonist antibody –Hexabody-OX40 (GEN-1055/BNT-315), developed using Genmab’s proprietary Hexabody platform, which promotes the formation of antibody hexamers upon target binding to cell surfaces.
U.S. Precision Medicine Inc. has announced plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to support work on its small-molecule drug candidate for cancer.
Researchers from Uppsala University published data from a study that aimed to reveal and validate cancer vulnerabilities to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). A human Tumor-Immune co-Culture System (TICS), which consisted of primary human lymphocytes from healthy blood donors co-cultured with human cancer cells, was optimized to perform mechanistic investigation of clinically approved ICB drugs.
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