Several recent Atavistik Bio Inc. patents describe substituted aminopyridine compounds acting as RAC-α serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1; PKBα) inhibitors, particularly AKT1 (E17K mutant) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Neddylation is a post-translational modification that conjugates the NEDD8 protein to protein substrates, such as the cullins, which once neddylated join complex to form cullin-RING ubiquitin E3 ligases (CRLs), which in turn play a crucial role in regulating proteasomal degradation. The University of Kentucky has presented preclinical data on their neddylation inhibitor TK-59 as a cancer therapeutic.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinom a (PDAC), frequently detected at advanced stages, has a 5-year survival rate of 12%. Metastases are common, including hepatic metastasis, which is particularly lethal due to the liver’s immune-tolerant environment and rich blood supply that facilitate tumor growth.
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is the most aggressive form of prostate cancer, responsible for up to 20% of therapy-resistant cases and associated with rapid disease progression. It is characterized by a loss of typical androgen receptor signaling, conferring antiandrogen therapy resistance, and abnormal expression of neuroendocrine markers, along with small cell morphology.
Hanmi Holdings Co. Ltd. has reported novel skeletal derivatives acting as HER2 mutant inhibitors and thus reported to be useful or the treatment of cancer.
Work at Laekna Therapeutics Shanghai Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of new bicyclic heteroaromatic compounds acting as Myt1 kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Evolveimmune Therapeutics Inc. has announced a translational research collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to investigate the expression of a new tumor target – UL binding protein 2 (ULBP2) – in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Radiopharmaceuticals, including 16α-18F-fluoro-17β-estradiol (18F-FES) PET/CT, are emerging as powerful tools with new diagnostic and therapeutic potential in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, Han Sang-won, professor from the department of nuclear medicine at Asan Medical Center, recently told BioWorld.
ABL Bio Inc. announced April 7 that it sealed a potential £2.075 billion (US$2.65 billion) license deal with GSK plc, granting GSK global rights to use ABL’s blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetrating bispecific antibody platform, Grabody-B, to develop multiple programs in the neurodegenerative disease arena. Under the terms signed April 5, ABL agreed to transfer Grabody-B-related technology and know-how to GSK, upon which GSK will assume responsibility for preclinical and clinical development, manufacturing and commercialization.
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