Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed compounds acting as Myt1 kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Cardiff University have discovered a new class of highly potent and selective inhibitors targeting the LIM domain kinases (LIMKs), a family of enzymes that play a critical role in regulating actin filament turnover. This turnover is involved in the cytoskeletal remodeling, proliferation and migration.
Charm Therapeutics Ltd. has closed an oversubscribed series B funding round, raising $80 million to advance its next-generation menin inhibitor into clinical development. Current menin inhibitors show promise in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment but are limited by the rapid emergence of resistance mutations that cause treatment failure.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant primary brain tumor. Non-muscle myosin II (NMII) paralogues (NMIIA, IIB and IIC) have multiple roles in normal cell physiology, but also contribute to pathological states, including GBM. Because oncogenic kinase inhibitors often fail in GBM due to pathway redundancy, targeting NMIIs, which are common downstream effectors, may offer a more effective strategy.
Mitochondrial transfer is known to occur from the tumor microenvironment into cancer cells, but now, Swiss researchers have shown a possible precursor to this is that cancer cells smuggle their mitochondria into healthy connective tissue cells, prompting their reprogramming to cancer-associated fibroblasts.
Shanghai Helioson Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase-binding moiety covalently bonded to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)-targeting moiety through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
The TCF4/β-catenin axis is a key driver of tumor growth, where β-catenin has remained resistant to therapy and is traditionally considered an undruggable protein. At the ACS Fall 2025 meeting, Parabilis Medicines Inc. divulged results of work on hyperstabilized α-helical peptides named helicons that directly bind to β-catenin and block its interaction with TCF transcription factors such as TCF4, as well as inhibit the Wnt signaling pathway.
The WEE1 tyrosine kinase is an important cell cycle regulator that inhibits cell cycle progression during the S and G2/M phases to impede the division of cells with DNA damage. Tumor cells with replicative stress are thought to rely on WEE1 for their survival.
Researchers at Seoul National University and the National Cancer Center examined public datasets from patients as well as the whole-exome sequence from one of their own patients, who developed radiation-induced sarcoma after treatment.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified crystalline forms of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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