Scientists at Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have described G-protein coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1; TGR5; GPCR19; GPR131) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and polycystic liver.
Tenvie Therapeutics Inc. has divulged NAD(+) hydrolase SARM1 (SAMD2; MyD88-5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of glaucoma, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Niemann-Pick disease, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke and diabetic neuropathy, among others.
City of Hope has disclosed proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) inhibitors acting as apoptosis inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Regenerative heart therapy, integrating biocompatible materials with nucleic acids, proteins and live cells, offers a promising personalized approach to treating cardiac ischemic reperfusion injury and heart failure.
Although CAR T-cell therapies have reached significant clinical success in hematological malignancies, their utility in solid tumors remains limited. One of the main challenges is the scarcity of truly cancer-specific antigens for precise targeting of solid tumors. The use of engineered small, specific antigen-binding domains, such as nanobodies, could be a potential strategy to improve the specificity and efficacy of CAR T cells against solid tumors.
Previous work uncovered the role of the complement system in neuroinflammation and synaptic loss in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The third component, C3, central in all complement activation pathways, has been proposed as a potential therapeutic target in AD.
Growing evidence exists on regulation of the chloride importer solute carrier family 12 member 2 (SLC12A2), also known as NKCC1, as a therapeutic approach to treat neurological disorders. Altered expression of NKCC1 leads to impaired intracellular chloride levels in neurons and imbalance in the excitatory-inhibitory axis in the brain.
COVID-19 has continued to alarm public health, and although several therapeutics and vaccines have been developed, the development of effective vaccines or antibodies is challenging due to mutations in the surface of the spike protein in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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