Nanjing Mingde New Drug Research Co. Ltd. has described potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2/3 (KCNQ2/3) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of epilepsy.
Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbH has divulged Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Rubedo Life Sciences Inc. has identified Bcl-2-like protein 1 (Bcl-xl; Bcl-X; BCL2L1) inhibitors acting as senolytic agents reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, cognitive disorders, diabetes, inflammatory, metabolic and neurological disorders, among others.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has synthesized tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 6 (PTPN6; PTP-1C; SH-PTP1) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer.
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which immune cells invade various organs and unleash harmful inflammatory responses. Estrogen may contribute to the condition, which would explain why it affects women over men in a 9:1 ratio.
Lung cancer is globally the second most frequent cancer and the cause of approximately 2 of every 10 cancer-related deaths. Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy can be effective for some patients, but many patients prove resistant to it.
Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science of Korea and collaborating institutions have designed a new class of peptide-based inhibitors targeting a crucial interface within the SARS-CoV-2 replication complex, offering a potential new avenue for antiviral therapy.
Researchers at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and collaborators have developed a new anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, mAb104, which targets a conformationally exposed, tumor-specific epitope in domain II of the HER2 protein.
Researchers at Ileadbms Co. Ltd. have announced promising results of their novel drug IL-21120033 in a preclinical model of rheumatoid arthritis. The drug acts as a selective agonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR7.