TFF Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced promising preclinical data advancing a multivalent universal influenza vaccine manufactured by its Thin Film Freezing (TFF) technology to protect against seasonal and pandemic viruses.
TC Biopharm (Holdings) plc has announced plans to begin proof-of-concept preclinical studies for its lead therapeutic, TCB-008, for the treatment of mpox.
Researchers from Southern Medical University have divulged the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel PDE4 inhibitors for the treatment of hepatic sepsis. Synthesis and optimization of a series of 7-alkoxybenzofurans led to the identification of compound [I] as the lead PDE4 inhibitor, with PDE4B and PDE4D IC50 values of 10.0 and 15.2 nM, respectively.
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover have divulged oxadiazole derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cytomegalovirus infections.
In the search for more potent, safe and effective autophagy inhibitor compounds, researchers from the Wayne State University School of Medicine have developed novel piperazine- and piperidine-substituted quinoline derivatives GL-287 and GL-382, based on the quinoline scaffold of hydroxychloroquine.
Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels are known to play a key role in regulating nervous system excitability and they have been previously implicated in seizure development.
Antimicrobial peptides, existing in animals and plants, are the first line of defense of the organisms against bacteria. Thymol and carvacrol are two monoterpenoids with known antibacterial activity exerted through bacterial cell membrane structural disruption, which contributes to a lower risk of developing resistance compared to antibiotics acting against specific targets on cells.
Researchers from Excision Biotherapeutics Inc. and affiliated organizations have reported the development of a novel CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing therapy – EBT-104 – for the treatment of latent herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) keratitis.