A group of scientists from the Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School have developed an antitumor immunotherapy that uses oncolytic viruses and stem cells for the treatment of metastatic brain melanoma.
Lantern Pharma Inc. has entered into a research collaboration with Bielefeld University to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with therapeutic and antitumor potential. Using Lantern’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) platform, RADR, the collaboration will leverage insights from the recently developed RADR AI ADC module in combination with research from Bielefeld.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. researchers have identified mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Research at the University of California, Oakland and 1200 Pharma LLC has led to the identification of GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Allianthera (Suzhou) Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has patented new aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, lung diseases, bone, dermatological, eye, gastrointestinal, neurological and pancreatic disorders, among others.
At the recent ASCO meeting, researchers from the University of Rochester reported preclinical data for on a new small-molecule inhibitor of WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 2 (HE4) – UR-238 – that is being investigated for the treatment of cancer.
Emris Pharma, a recent spin-off of Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd. and Yissum Research Development Co., has started development of a new topical drug to treat skin toxicities caused by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors used to treat cancer.