Researchers from The University of Tokyo and affiliated organizations sought to identify molecules within AML cells that suppress NK cell activity, and as such, fully harness the antileukemic functions of NK cells.
Researchers from Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc. presented preclinical data for the novel CD28xVISTA bispecific antibody (BsAb), SNS-201, being developed for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Vironexis Biotherapeutics Inc. came out of stealth mode today, disclosing that it has more than 10 product candidates it’s been developing over the last three years. The therapies are built on the company’s AAV-based platform, Transjoin, which is designed to have patients' livers express bispecific antibodies that bind to both CD3 on T-cells and various targets on tumor cells.
Moderna Inc.’s shares (NASDAQ:MRNA) sank 19% to a $64.11 low in early trading Sept. 12 as investors learned during the annual R&D Day event of a $1.1 billion reduction to R&D and the U.S. FDA’s reluctance to support an accelerated approval filing for its individualized neoantigen therapy for melanoma.
Qure.ai Technologies Private Ltd.’s Qxr artificial intelligence-powered chest X-ray interpretation system identified high-risk pulmonary nodules an average of 32 months before physicians diagnosed lung cancer, a study presented September 8 at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Diego found.
By looking at the electrical activity of tumor cells, rather than the neurons that innervate them, investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have added both basic and translational insights to the emerging field of cancer neuroscience. In their studies, which were published in Cancer Cell on Sept. 5, 2024, the researchers identified the cell of origin for IDH-mutated gliomas.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has described proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase receptor Ret (RET; CDHF12; PTC) targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer.
Shenzhen Zhongge Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has discovered NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, liver, cardiovascular, inflammatory, renal, metabolic and neuroinflammatory disorders.
OS Therapies Inc. has announced promising data in animal models of ovarian cancer for its first therapeutic candidate developed based upon its proprietary tunable antibody-drug conjugate (tADC) platform.