Mitochondrial transfer is known to occur from the tumor microenvironment into cancer cells, but now, Swiss researchers have shown a possible precursor to this is that cancer cells smuggle their mitochondria into healthy connective tissue cells, prompting their reprogramming to cancer-associated fibroblasts.
Shanghai Helioson Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase-binding moiety covalently bonded to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)-targeting moiety through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
The TCF4/β-catenin axis is a key driver of tumor growth, where β-catenin has remained resistant to therapy and is traditionally considered an undruggable protein. At the ACS Fall 2025 meeting, Parabilis Medicines Inc. divulged results of work on hyperstabilized α-helical peptides named helicons that directly bind to β-catenin and block its interaction with TCF transcription factors such as TCF4, as well as inhibit the Wnt signaling pathway.
The WEE1 tyrosine kinase is an important cell cycle regulator that inhibits cell cycle progression during the S and G2/M phases to impede the division of cells with DNA damage. Tumor cells with replicative stress are thought to rely on WEE1 for their survival.
Researchers at Seoul National University and the National Cancer Center examined public datasets from patients as well as the whole-exome sequence from one of their own patients, who developed radiation-induced sarcoma after treatment.
Antiva Biosciences Inc. has developed an intravaginal topical treatment, ABI-2280, for high-risk cervical infections with human papillomavirus (HPV). In a phase Ib/II study, after two weeks of treatment at the highest dose of the DNA polymerase inhibitor, 46% of patients were negative for high-risk HPV at week 12, compared to just 16% of patients treated with placebo.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified crystalline forms of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Gluetacs Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized molecular glue degraders comprising a cereblon (CRBN) binding moiety acting as protein degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of anemia, cancer, diabetes, infections, transplant rejection, inflammation, autoimmune and sarcoidosis, among others.
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC has disclosed serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1 and serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Moma Therapeutics Inc. has released data regarding their Werner syndrome helicase (WRN) inhibitor MOMA-341 for the potential treatment of cancer. MOMA-341 is a potent and selective WRN inhibitor, the action of which is through covalent ligation.
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