Similarities among three pediatric brain tumors that arise in different structures of the CNS – pineoblastoma, retinoblastoma and Group 3 medulloblastoma – have been linked to their shared origin during pineal gland development. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified the molecular signatures that drive these tumors from pinealocyte progenitor cells that conserve a common differentiation program, providing a shared therapeutic target for these three cancer types.
Scientists from Fu Wai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Shenzhen Bay Laboratory have divulged cAMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B) inhibitors. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, cancer, neurological disorder, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, pulmonary fibrosis, psoriasis and arthritis, among others.
Shanghai Deep Potential Technology Co. Ltd. has discovered serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1 (STPK13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Chempartner Co. Ltd. has identified antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising HER2 (erbB2) or tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TACSTD2; TROP2) covalently linked to eribulin through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jiangxi Kerui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has patented potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2/3 (KCNQ2/3) activators. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, pain, focal seizures and tonic clonic epilepsy.
Researchers from Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. and Innorace Biopharma Co. Ltd. have disclosed tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1; PTP-1B) and/or tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2; TCPTP) inhibitors. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD; NAFLD), obesity and diabetes.
In a recent publication in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, investigators evaluated the activity of a 7-amino-acid peptide, EB-203, using a zebrafish model of diabetic retinopathy (DR)-like vascular alterations.
Recent findings have shown that fatty acid synthase (FASN) is a promising therapeutic target in the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) due to its involvement in de novo lipogenesis. Chinese researchers have recently published data on a FASN inhibitor, 84-B10, for the potential treatment of MASLD.
In developed countries, up to 20% of the population suffers from pollen allergies to birch and related trees. Mabylon AG has developed an anti-tree pollen antibody therapeutic, MY-010, that targets several inducers of spring hay fever, such as birch, alder and hazel, among others.
Newcelx Ltd. has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Eledon Pharmaceuticals Inc. with the aim of advancing its lead program, NCEL-101, for type 1 diabetes.
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