At the recent 2023 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium, researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) presented results of a preclinical study that aimed to evaluate the potential of administering the cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor ribociclib with the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor alpelisib.
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method to measure several thousand metabolites, including proteins, metabolites, inflammatory markers such as cytokines and, to a degree, lipids. “It’s like Theranos, except it works,” corresponding author Michael Snyder, director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford Medicine, told BioWorld.
Cedilla Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2)/cyclin E1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, Cushing syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, hepatic fibrosis, viral infections, inflammatory disorders and polycystic kidney.
Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals Inc. has identified arylcyclo-hexylamine derivatives targeting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and/or serotonin transporter (SERT) reported to be useful for the treatment of substance abuse and dependence, depression and mood and anxiety disorders.
LG Chem has described urea derivatives acting as macrophage stimulating 1 receptor (MST1R; RON) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and immunological disorders.
Insilico Medicine Inc. has divulged β-lactam derivatives acting as glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's diseases, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, infertility, ischemia-reperfusion injury, schizophrenia and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, among others.
Kumquat Biosciences Inc. has disclosed son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1)/GTPase KRAS interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.