Maxion Therapeutics Ltd. has raised $72 million (£58 million) in a series A financing to support its development of antibody-based Knotbody drugs for ion channel- and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-driven diseases.
Neuroblastoma, an aggressive malignancy originating from neural crest cells, accounts for 15% of cancer-related deaths in children. Treatment strategies include systemic chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy with anti-GD2 antibodies, all with severe side effects and long-term toxicity. Retinoic acid (RA) has been shown to promote neuroblastoma growth inhibition while suppressing MYCN oncogene expression. However, its effect is reversible, and tumor regrowth may occur.
A combination of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibodies and genetic factors may be linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study led by scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Stanford University. “The Epstein-Barr virus has been a suspect for many years for having a role in causing MS. The evidence for it has increased though one has not really reached complete proof of its role,” Tomas Olsson told BioWorld.
Onkure Therapeutics Inc. has described phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities, scoliosis and PIK3CA related overgrowth spectrum (PROS), among others.
Biogen Inc. has divulged 3-β-hydroxysteroid-δ(8),δ(7)-isomerase (EBP) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease and multiple sclerosis.
Selene Therapeutics Ltd. has identified brain permeable dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of epilepsy, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Scientists at Charles University and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) have synthesized DNA topoisomerase II β inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cardiotoxicity.
The Scripps Research Institute has disclosed κ-opioid receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, obesity, migraine, substance abuse and dependence, epilepsy and eating disorders, among others.
Selenoprotein O (SELENOO) is an antioxidant mitochondrial enzyme that transfers AMP from ATP to protein substrates in a post-translational process known as AMPylation.
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