Ypsilon Therapeutics has been awarded $2.7 million in seed funding from Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The award will allow Ypsilon to advance its lead therapeutic program, a next-generation T-cell receptor mimic (TCRm) antibody, to drug candidate nomination, with the aim of developing treatments for patients with solid tumors, such as triple-negative breast cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer and gastric cancer.
Pancreatic cancer, especially pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is still one of the most lethal cancers and does not yet have an effective therapy. There is an urgent need to identify therapeutic targets to improve therapies in PDAC. Now, researchers in France have published data regarding the nucleolin antagonist N6L in combination with paclitaxel as a promising therapeutic avenue for treating PDAC.
Understanding the mechanisms of resistance to cancer treatments is necessary to find effective therapies at different stages of the disease. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center studied the most frequent mutation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), identified an escape route to a therapy in clinical trials, blocked it with another experimental compound and reduced tumors in mice.
Pyrimidine compounds acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer have been disclosed in a recent Asieris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. patent.
Work at Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of heteroaromatic ring compounds acting as membrane-associated tyrosine-and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Tyligand Bioscience Ltd. has prepared and tested tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
KRAS G12C mutations, present in approximately 13% of lung adenocarcinoma cases, are associated with limited responses to current KRAS G12C inhibitor treatments such as adagrasib and sotorasib, with overall response rates ranging between 34% and 43%.
Intercellular communication between tumor cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) plays a key role in tumorigenesis and progression, and CAFs generate an extracellular matrix that provides a repository for factors that promote cancer progression. Alpha Beta Therapeutics Inc. researchers aimed to investigate the mechanisms by which CAFs facilitate tumor initiation and tumorigenesis of pancreatic cancer.
Dewpoint Therapeutics Inc. has nominated a second development candidate, DPTX-3496. The oral, small-molecule condensate modulator targets β-catenin to address Wnt-driven colorectal cancer, triple-negative breast cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer. IND-enabling studies have commenced, with an IND filing planned in the second half of this year.
RSS
