In what represents the first patenting from Cerathrive Ltd., its co-founder and CEO, Sarah Turner, describes their development of the Cera system, which they claim to be the first and only U.S. FDA-cleared red-light device that targets the gut-brain axis to improve focus and energy levels.
Clostridioides difficile, a spore-forming and anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, causes a wide-spectrum diarrheal disease that can ultimately lead to life-threatening conditions such as toxic megacolon or colonic perforation.
According to World Health Organization data, endometriosis affects about 10% of reproductive-age females globally. That already makes endometriosis a wildly underresearched and underfunded disease in relation to its prevalence. Plus, Rama Kommagani thinks even 10% is an underestimation. “Diagnosis is very underreported, particularly in low- and middle-income countries,” Kommagani, who is an associate professor of pathology at Baylor College of Medicine, told BioWorld.
Paragon Therapeutics Inc. and Spyre Therapeutics Inc. jointly presented preclinical data for the novel extended half-life humanized anti-IL-23 monoclonal antibody (MAb), SPY-003, being developed for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Researchers from Xencor Inc. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of XmAb-942, a novel high-affinity anti-TL1A monoclonal antibody (MAb) being developed for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
According to World Health Organization data, endometriosis affects about 10% of reproductive-age females globally. That already makes endometriosis a wildly underresearched and underfunded disease in relation to its prevalence. Plus, Rama Kommagani thinks even 10% is an underestimation. “Diagnosis is very underreported, particularly in low- and middle-income countries,” Kommagani, who is an associate professor of pathology at Baylor College of Medicine, told BioWorld.
Recent decades have brought advances in pharmacological therapies for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but their sustained efficacy is still not enough, and developing novel therapies is an unmet medical need for this condition.
In a recent presentation, researchers from the Medical University of Lodz have aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of simultaneously targeting axin and cannabinoid receptors (CBs) with KYA-1797K and WIN-55212-2 in colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines SW480 and Caco-2.
Gilead Sciences Inc. terminated a potential $785 million licensing deal with Yuhan Corp. inked in 2019 to develop metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) therapies.
Inventiva SA is back on course to complete phase III development of its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) drug, lanifibranor, after putting in place new financing of up to €348 million (US$379.4 million), including an immediate cash injection of €94.1 million.
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