Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA to begin a phase I study of ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) vaccine candidate for active immunization to prevent pandemic influenza disease caused by H5N1 virus.
Astellas Pharma Inc. presented the first preclinical data on ASP-1002, a bispecific antibody targeting claudin-4 (CLDN4) and CD137, for the treatment of patients with metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors.
Six main cell types form glioblastomas (GBM), the most aggressive brain cancer due to its high rate of recurrence. Of these six, quiescent cancer stem cells are responsible for resistance to therapy and the reappearance of the tumor, according to a study that identified the six groups and highlighted the importance of these stem cells for the design of more effective therapies.
Complex genomic rearrangements (CGRs) involve large-scale genomic alterations with multiple breakpoints and are implicated in genetic diseases such as malformation syndromes, intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Ifast Diagnostics Ltd. raised $6.5 million (£5 million) in seed funding to bring its rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) platform to the market. The company’s technology is vital in the fight against antimicrobial resistance and the funds will be used to conduct clinical trials to get the product to the market in the U.K., U.S. and EU, CEO Toby King, told BioWorld.
Setonix Pharmaceuticals has described peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory disorders, metabolic syndrome, obesity, viral infection, cancer, lipid metabolism and glucose metabolism disorders.
Lysoway Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized mucolipin-1 (MCOLN1; TRPML1) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, aging, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and type C Niemann-Pick disease.
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