One of the difficulties for preventing the evolution of a tumor is that cancer progression can be promoted by undifferentiated or migrating cells whose states could follow different directions. At the 40th edition of Barcelona Biomed conferences at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), which took place from Nov. 27 to 29, 2023, and is entitled “Cancer in Context: Cellular, Tissue, and Organismal Determinants of Malignant Fates,” Angela Nieto presented her latest data on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Companies have invested billions for decades to crack the problem of treating the deep complexities involving stromal cancers, Phenomic AI CEO Girish Aakalu told BioWorld. Now he and his company are on the receiving end as they enter a new collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have developed a method of biofluid assessment capable of real-time monitoring as well as compatible with machine learning and neural network processing.
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has disclosed mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 11 (MAP3K11; MLK3) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, viral infection, cancer, tuberculosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast tumor subtype and despite treatment advances, still has shorter median overall survival rates and higher recurrence and metastatic rates than other subtypes, due to resistance to chemotherapy.
Carisma Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for CT-0525, an ex vivo gene-modified autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-monocyte cellular therapy intended to treat solid tumors that overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and collaborators have reported on the characterization of novel human anti-CD44v6 antibodies aimed to be used as anticancer agents in the radiotherapy of CD44v6-expressing cancers.
Vidac Pharma Holding plc has announced results from an in vitro study of VDA-1275 in combination with chemotherapeutic agents to treat solid tumors. VDA-1275 is a potent small molecule that reverses cancer cell hyper glycolytic metabolism (Warburg effect).