Previous studies with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors have demonstrated their potential as antitumor agents across several tumor models when administered alone or in combination with standard treatments.

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Scenic Biotech BV presented promising preclinical data on SC-2882, a first-in-class specific glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like (QPCTL) inhibitor that induces secondary proteolytic degradation of the monocyte chemo attractants CCL2 and CCL7 and inactivation of the “don’t-eat-me” signal CD47, as a novel therapeutic for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

In a recent publication in Scientific Reports, researchers at City of Hope and collaborators presented a novel CS1 bsAb, called CS1-dbBiTE, conjugating an intact anti-CS1 antibody (elotuzumab) and an anti-human OKT3 antibody at their respective hinge regions using Click chemistry.

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have explored the possibility of using anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) as a target for the application of ALK.CAR T cells to treat neuroblastoma, the most common and deadliest tumor of infancy.