Work at Vivozon Inc. has led to the identification of dual metabotropic glutamate mGlu5 receptor antagonists and histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors.
Satellos Bioscience Inc. has developed and presented data for a compound that targeted the process of muscle regeneration based on modulation of satellite stem cell polarity.
To recreate in the laboratory the formation of Lewy bodies as they would occur in a Parkinson’s patient, two ingredients are required: the protein α-synuclein and the participation of the immune system. The results could prevent the development and progression of this neurodegenerative disorder and help in the search for new therapies.
Booster Therapeutics is ready to open up a new arm of the proteasome after raising $15 million in seed funding to advance small molecules it says can degrade multiple types of harmful proteins. Rather than tagging single disease proteins with a ubiquitin marker for degrading via 26S proteasomes, these compounds directly activate 20S proteasomes that naturally recognize disordered proteins without the need for ubiquitin tagging.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has disclosed new tetrahydrofuran derivatives acting as sodium channel protein type 10 subunit alpha (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.
Axonal regrowth is a crucial process for forming a compensatory neuronal network after spinal cord injury (SCI), but this is very limited in the adult mammalian central nervous system.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe and progressive disorder caused by mutations in the dystrophin (DMD) gene that lead to malfunction or absence of dystrophin. This protein stabilizes the sarcolemma and protects muscle cells during contraction.
Shiratronics Inc. raised $66 million in an oversubscribed series B financing round to support completion of its recently launched clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its neuromodulation device in patients with treatment-resistant chronic migraine.
Atai Therapeutics Inc. has identified 3-alkylamine indole compounds acting as 5-HT2A receptor agonists and reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of anxiety, eating and neurological disorders.
Miralinc Pharma Inc. has patented new heterocyclic selective histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, among others.
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