Epitopea Ltd. has signed a license and research collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck & Co. Inc.) to identify Cryptigen tumor-specific antigens in an undisclosed solid tumor. Cryptigen TSAs are shared, nonmutated, aberrantly expressed antigens that are derived from what were thought to be noncoding regions of the genome.
The lung and thrombosis may play a key role in cancer and metastasis progression, according to a collaborative study led by Cornell University scientists. In the nonmetastatic lung microenvironment of several cancer types, the development of a prothrombosis niche promotes metastasis formation through the release of small extracellular vesicles loaded with an integrin protein.
Shenzhen Zhongge Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has identified translation initiation factor 2B (EIF2B) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, cancer, viral infection, neurodegeneration, metabolic diseases, and eye, dermatological and inflammatory disorders, among others.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has described Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ona Therapeutics SL is accelerating development of its first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics, targeting novel tumor-specific markers to eliminate hard-to-treat, resistant cancer cells for multiple large solid tumor types.
In a recently published study, researchers from Cima Universidad de Navarra and collaborators presented a novel SdAb-based CAR T-cell discovery platform that allows the generation, characterization and selection of SdAbs by several properties.
Kairos Pharma Ltd. has announced that through its academic partnership with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai has received $600,000 in funding from the Department of Defense lung cancer research program to advance the development of ENV-205, a new drug to treat chemotherapy drug resistance and cachexia.
Using ALK+ lung cancer patient-derived cell lines, researchers have performed phosphoproteomic screening and identified guanylate kinase 1 (GUK1) as a TKI sensitive metabolic molecule in ALK-driven lung cancer. They reported their results online in Cell on Feb. 6, 2025.
Canwell Biotech Ltd. has described antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an antibody covalently linked to a Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR8 agonist through a cleavable or noncleavable linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, allergy, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency disorder, sepsis and infections.
Institute of Cancer Research UK has identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a Von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor (VHL) binding moiety coupled to a receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) targeting moiety via a linker.
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