Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and collaborators have analyzed what cell types are infected by hantaviruses and how infection alters gene expression.
Avenzo Therapeutics Inc. has obtained IND clearance by the FDA for AVZO-103 (formerly VAC-103), a nectin-4/TROP2 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).
In an effort to exploit the advantages of therapeutic bacteria and viruses while avoiding their disadvantages, researchers at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have developed an anticancer platform called CAPPSID (Coordinated Activity of Prokaryote and Picornavirus for Safe Intracellular Delivery).
Vyriad Inc. and Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, have signed an exclusive license agreement for a novel viral vector targeting approach.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Novartis AG for ARO-SNCA, Arrowhead’s preclinical stage siRNA therapy for the treatment of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s disease, and for additional targets.
Jynneos, a current vaccine against orthopoxviruses such as smallpox and mpox virus, elicits only modest antibody responses, highlighting the need to search for more immunogenic vaccines or treatments. The global outbreak of mpox virus infections in 2022 lent urgency to this challenge.
Shanghai Huilun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-tooth disease and arrhythmia.
Scientists at National University of Singapore and Agency for Science Technology & Research Bioprocessing Technology Institute have identified MAPK-interacting kinase (MNK) inhibitors, particularly MNK1 and MNK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) metastatic to the brain.
Nanjing Zenshine Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphoric acid derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
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