At this week’s International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and Related Neurological Disorders, researchers from Suntec Medical Inc. and collaborators presented a poster introducing a novel biologic (STM-003) targeting several pathological mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), aiming to delay disease progression and improve cognitive function.
During the first oral sessions on Translational Drug Discovery at the 19th Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases (ADPD) Conference, Beka Solomon from Tel Aviv University presented her work on the therapeutic potential of bone-marrow-derived microglia in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). “After working more than 30 years in immunotherapy, I decided to totally change the subject of the work,” Solomon told the audience.
Pannexin 1 (PANX1) forms channels that may release signaling metabolites that are involved in a variety of pathophysiological processes, such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), among others. Inhibition of PANX1 when dysregulated has been proposed as a therapeutic approach in the treatment of IBD.
Dyne Therapeutics Inc. presented their most recent work to advance novel therapeutics for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FHSD). FSHD is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy. Dyne Therapeutics previously developed the FORCE platform, which uses an antigen-binding fragment (Fab) specifically targeting telomeric repeat binding factor-1 (TfR1) for targeted therapeutic delivery.
Cannabinoid CB1 receptors have been a potential target for nonopioid-based pain treatment, but actually targeting the pathway has been hindered by issues with tolerance and unwanted CNS side effects. Peripherally selective CB1 agonists developed to overcome these problems have not fully resolved these issues, meaning the peripheral selectivity has to be substantially enhanced.
At the recently launched Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases Conference held in Vienna, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen from Novo Nordisk A/S, who has extensive experience in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) research, delivered a plenary lecture focused on the role of GLP-1 receptor agonists, such as semaglutide, in attenuating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Dyne Therapeutics Inc. is advancing novel therapeutics for people living with genetically driven neuromuscular diseases. Representatives from the company recently presented a poster showcasing preclinical and early clinical results from the development of their proprietary FORCE platform applied to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
The synthesis of RP-1664, a highly potent, selective and bioavailable PLK4 inhibitor for the potential treatment of cancer, was recently reported by Repare Therapeutics Inc.
Prelude Therapeutics Inc. described the discovery of PRT-3789, a first-in-human, highly potent and selective SMARCA2-targeted protein degrader, for the potential treatment of cancer.
Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a serine protease, the expression of which increases with pathogenic fibroblasts in the fibrotic liver during metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and might induce fibrosis by cleaving several proteins that regulate extracellular matrix turnover and metabolism, including α2-antiplasmin (α2-AP) and fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21). Astrazeneca plc recently presented new results on their research regarding their oral small-molecule FAP inhibitor, AZD-2389, as a candidate drug for treating MASH.
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