Korro Bio Inc. has nominated KRRO-121 as its next development candidate, for the treatment of patients with hyperammonemia, including patients with urea cycle disorders and hepatic encephalopathy.
Sutro Biopharma Inc. has outlined its next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) pipeline following recent IND clearance and initiation of phase I for its tissue factor-targeting ADC, STRO-004.
Gentibio Inc. has developed and presented data for GNTI-823, an allogeneic tissue Treg engineered from peripheral blood CD4+ T cells with CRISPR-based editing to induce FOXP3 expression, a rapamycin-inducible IL-2 signaling complex and an alarmin-responsive transgene.
South Korean researchers led by Lee In-suk of Yonsei University have reported the most complete oral microbiome catalog to date, with more than 72,000 genomes. Detailed in Cell Host & Microbe on Nov. 12, 2025, the database is expected to serve as a universal platform for academia and enable “precision microbiome medicine” for the industry, Lee told BioWorld.
The U.K. government has published a road map for phasing out animal testing in life sciences research and announced £75 million (US$98.6 million) for work to develop nonanimal models, leaving scientists concerned because they say, in many cases, there can never be meaningful alternatives to using live animals.
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase CBL-B (CBLB) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shenzhen Zhongge Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, mitochondrial (CYP11A1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Beijing Infinite Intelligence Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. and Suzhou Fish-Summoning Biotechnology Co. Ltd. have identified compounds acting as Bcr-Abl (Bcr-Abl1) kinase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral infections and neurological disorders.
Shanghai Leadingtac Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant)-targeting moiety via a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Innoxtal Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has disclosed sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, arrhythmia and urinary incontinence.
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