Work at Pharmaengine Inc. has led to the identification of new protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in adults, marked by high treatment resistance and poor prognosis. OLIG2, a CNS-specific transcription factor essential for neural development, is highly expressed in GBM and contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance, making it a promising target for novel therapeutic strategies.
Individuals with the inherited disorder Fanconi anemia cannot properly repair damage to their DNA, increasing risk of cancers such as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Beactica Therapeutics AB has held a first scientific advisory meeting with the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) for BEA-17, the company’s first-in-class small-molecule targeted degrader of lysine demethylase 1 (LSD1) and its co-factor CoREST.
A team of U.S. and South Korean researchers have developed an AI model called MSI-SEER that can not only predict microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumors based on tissue slides, but also flag “what it does not know.” “Have you ever asked ChatGPT anything, and the response was, ‘I don’t know?’” Cheong Jae-ho asked during an interview with BioWorld. “Probably not, and that is the problem with AI now.”
Work at Aligos Therapeutics Inc. has led to the discovery of new programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1; PD-1; CD279)/PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1; CD274) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B.
Blossomhill Therapeutics Inc. have identified 7-azaindazole macrocycles acting as ALK tyrosine kinase receptor (mutant) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
In an isomerization reaction, uridine is modified to pseudouridine, the most abundant RNA modification which presents an extra hydrogen bond donor, altering the RNA structure and providing unique chemical properties.
Trogenix Ltd. has completed its series A financing, raising £70 million ($95 million) to support progression into the clinic of its pipeline of potentially curative cancer therapies across multiple aggressive solid tumors.