A team from the University of Missouri and collaborating institutions aimed to investigate the role of ABTB2 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. To do that, they applied a comprehensive suite of functional genomics tools, including siRNA/shRNA knockdown, CRISPR-Cas9 knockout, plasmid-based overexpression and a Cre-LoxP transgenic mouse model to modulate ABTB2 expression.
Researchers from Nankai University and collaborating institutions have identified a novel proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) molecule that effectively and selectively degrades multiple cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) to inhibit the proliferation of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells, offering a potential targeted therapy for this form of breast cancer.
Researchers at Triana Biomedicines Inc. presented the preclinical characterization of TRI-611, a CNS-penetrant molecular glue degrader targeting ALK in models of ALK fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.
Commit Biologics ApS has released promising results from a nonhuman primate (NHP) study demonstrating proof of concept for its proprietary bispecific complement engager (BiCE) platform.
Kolm Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed heterobifunctional compounds comprising a disease-dependent protein binding moiety (particularly, CREB-binding protein [CREBBP; CBP] or histone acetyltransferase p300 [EP300]) covalently linked to a disease protein (particularly, androgen receptor) through a linker.
San Francisco Bay Area researchers from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University have combined their technologies to create Azalea Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on editing cells in vivo.
Shanghai Leadingtac Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has divulged proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a pan-KRAS-targeting moiety through a linker.
Petra Pharma Corp. has identified phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) E545K and H1047R mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities and PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS).
Researchers from Macrogenics Inc. presented preclinical efficacy data on MGC-026, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) consisting of a humanized monoclonal antibody (MGA017) targeting B7-H3, linked to a cytotoxic exatecan payload via a cleavable Val-Ala-PABC linker using Synaffix Glycoconnect technology.
Taxanes such as paclitaxel are among the standard chemotherapies for triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of this tumor type. However, numerous processes can contribute to paclitaxel resistance. As a next-generation drug that could help overcome such resistance, researchers at six universities in China, including Ningxia Medical University, examined the crystal structure of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) and developed, in silico, a pharmacophore that could bind tightly to it. PRMT1, which acts as an epigenetic regulator, is overexpressed in various cancers and its levels correlate inversely with survival.
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