Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. has established a new collaboration with UK Biobank to create the world’s first comprehensive, large-scale epigenetic dataset. The project will utilize Oxford Nanopore’s DNA/RNA sequencing technology to map the epigenome of 50,000 blood samples from UK Biobank to unlock insights into disease mechanisms, with the aim of improving patient outcomes.
Seismic Therapeutic Inc.'s S-1117 was designed as a pan-IgG protease fused to an effector function silent human IgG1 Fc domain. The candidate, being developed for the treatment of autoantibody-mediated diseases, was engineered for chronic subcutaneous administration using a proprietary machine learning-enabled platform, with the aim of reducing immunogenicity while maintaining potency.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have identified a signaling pathway that simultaneously increased energy expenditure and decreased food intake. In both human and primate studies, agonists of the tachykinin NK2 receptor (NK2R) led to both decreased food intake and increased energy expenditure. And in behavioral tests, they were not aversive, suggesting they do not cause the nausea that is a major side effect of GLP-1 agonists.
Septerna Inc. has divulged compounds acting as mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, obesity, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis, among others.
Scientists at Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats and Universitat de Barcelona have identified three-prime repair exonuclease 2 (TREX2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis.
Shandong Luye Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GNRHR) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of acne, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, uterine fibroids (myoma), infertility, precocious puberty and premenstrual syndrome, among others.
Scenic Immunology BV has disclosed glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT; QC) and/or glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL; isoQC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
WD repeat domain 83 opposite strand (WDR83OS) encodes the 106-aa (amino acid) protein Asterix, which is a binding partner for CCDC47. More specifically, Asterix heterodimerizes with CCDC47 to form the protein associated with ER translocon (PAT) complex that specifically chaperones large proteins containing transmembrane domains.
Empyrean Therapeutics Inc. has acquired a first-in-class TLR2 antagonist molecule from Eos Therapies Inc. with the aim of treating brain, pancreatic, breast and other hard-to-treat cancers.
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