German researchers have cracked the decades-long mystery of why males are more susceptible to acute kidney injury than females, demonstrating that estrogen has a protective effect in females.
Astrazeneca AB has synthesized nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury and diabetic nephropathy.
Casi Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the U.S. FDA has cleared its IND application for CID-103, a monoclonal antibody targeting CD-38 for the prevention of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) of kidney allografts. The company plans to initiate a phase I study in adults with active and chronic active renal allograft AMR.
Purespring Therapeutics Ltd. has received the go-ahead for a phase I/II trial of its investigational gene therapy PS-002 from both the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Health Service Health Research Authority and Research Ethics Committee.
In an effort to develop next-generation treatments for cystinuria, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Tennessee Valley Health Services have used a non-viral piggyBac transposon approach to insert the Slc3a1 gene into one kidney of mice lacking the endogenous gene, which services as a model of type A cystinuria.
Hypertensive nephropathy is a major complication of hypertension characterized by inflammation and fibrosis in the kidneys. Recent findings have suggested that agrin may play a critical role in some tissue types such as in the heart or skeletal muscle.
Ube Corp. and Galts Pharma Co. Ltd., a venture company from Kumamoto University, have signed an agreement giving Galts exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and market UD-051 (GP-051), a compound discovered through joint research by Ube and Kumamoto University.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe condition that primarily affects young children and typically occurs after a gastrointestinal infection with Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
Renasant Bio Inc. has launched to develop new disease-modifying treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the primary genetic cause of end-stage renal failure. The $54.5 million in seed funding the company has secured will support advancement of its lead corrector program and ongoing discovery efforts for the company’s first-in-class potentiator program.
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