Researchers from Zhuhai Grit Biotechnology Co. Ltd. recently presented preclinical characterization of a new genetically modified tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) product, GT-216, being developed for the treatment of solid tumors.
Using its artificial intelligence/machine learning platform, Aurigen, Auron Therapeutics Inc. has identified histone acetyltransferase KAT2A/B as a driver of tumor cell plasticity and designed new small-molecule degraders of KAT2A/B.
CD276-based immunotherapy strategies have demonstrated potent antitumor activity and feasibility for clinical application in solid tumors. In urothelial bladder cancer, CD276 is also aberrantly expressed. However, the exact role of CD276 in bladder cancer tumorigenesis and its potential clinical significance remain unexplored.
Shanghai Apeiron Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Origenis GmbH has identified cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, viral infections, cardiovascular disorders and inflammatory disorders.
Despite GTPase KRAS being the most common mutated oncogene in human cancers, there is still an unmet medical need for treating KRAS G12C-mutated cancers.
Researchers from Astrazeneca plc reported preclinical data for AZD-8421, a selective cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) inhibitor, currently being evaluated in early-phase clinical trials as a treatment for solid tumors.
Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals Inc. has developed a topical anticancer treatment for patients with or at high risk of developing multiple actinic keratoses.
Osaka University has identified radiolabeled tyrosine derivatives targeting large neutral amino acids transporter small subunit 1 (SLC7A5; LAT1) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.