Mutations in fms-related receptor tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) are related to the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recent studies suggest that by regulating ROS production and antioxidant expression, oncogenes such as FLT3 directly influence leukemia progression, even during anticancer therapy.
It is known that in melanoma, transformed melanocytic cells acquire stem cell-like features; these cells have multilineage differentiation potential, thus allowing them to morph into cell states with neural crest cell (NCC)-like, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition-like features, promoting its metastatic potential.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. have announced a partnership to leverage Ginkgo's proprietary high-throughput combinatorial chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) discovery and screening platform with the aim of discovering next-generation GD2 CAR T-cell therapies.
Pyramid Biosciences Inc. and Genequantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. have entered into an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize GQ-1010, a potential best-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2), worldwide except for Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan).
Researchers from University of Belgrade, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and affiliated organizations have provided details on the discovery of novel orally bioavailable BET inhibitors as potential anticancer drug candidates.
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have successfully reversed epigenetic changes and slowed tumor growth in mouse models of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) using antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology. DIPG is a rare pediatric brain cancer where the tumor’s location in the pons of the brainstem makes surgery impossible, and fractioned radiotherapy and chemotherapy efforts have failed to improve survival so far.
Tumor cells are known to produce high amounts of intracellular lipids, leading to increased levels of fatty acids, cholesterol and membrane phospholipids. Death domain-associated protein (DAXX) is a small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO)-binding protein that plays a role in transcription regulation by interacting with transcription factors such as p53 and NF-κB.