Researchers at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) have disclosed drug conjugates comprising fluorescent-labeled dye covalently linked to a radionuclide and a ligand targeting glutamate carboxypeptidase II (NAALADase; NAAG peptidase, FOLH1; PSMA) acting as positron-emission tomography (PET) and fluorescent imaging agents for diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
Researchers from Stanford University seek patent protection for an ultrasound-based device which converts electrical energy into acoustic energy to treat inflammatory disorders. The neuromodulator device targets the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAP), which regulates the innate immune response to injury, pathogens, and tissue ischemia.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has divulged compounds acting as lipid A export ATP-binding/permease protein (MsbA) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative (multidrug-resistant) bacterial infections.
Repare Therapeutics Inc. has identified membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Astrazeneca AB has disclosed 17-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17B13; 17-β-HSD 13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatic steatosis, liver inflammation, hepatitis C virus infection and liver cancer.
Patent applications from Bellevue, Wash.-based Aiberry Inc. describe further aspects of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mental health screening platform that is designed to improve efficiency and save time for healthcare providers.
Celros Biotech Co. Ltd. has described cytochrome b-245 heavy chain (CYBB; NOX2) and NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neuroinflammatory disorders.
Tarapeutics Science Inc. has divulged tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, fibrosis, immunological, eye and cardiovascular disorders.