Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) recurs in most patients despite the aggressive therapies they receive. Novel advances allow the development of targeted therapies to treat tumors of the brain. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have applied bioinformatics plus forward thinking on microRNA biology to advance targeted therapies for GBM.
According to World Health Organization data, endometriosis affects about 10% of reproductive-age females globally. That already makes endometriosis a wildly underresearched and underfunded disease in relation to its prevalence. Plus, Rama Kommagani thinks even 10% is an underestimation. “Diagnosis is very underreported, particularly in low- and middle-income countries,” Kommagani, who is an associate professor of pathology at Baylor College of Medicine, told BioWorld.
Genetic Intelligence Inc. has described compounds acting as IL-2 expression or activity modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders.
Ventus Therapeutics US Inc. has divulged NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, and liver, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders, among others.
Incyte Corp. has identified tyrosine-protein kinase JAK2 (V617F mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, hypereosinophilic syndrome, systemic mastocytosis and essential thrombocythemia, among others.
Insilico Medicine Inc. has synthesized fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) and/or FGFR3 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shandong New Time Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed compounds acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Atavistik Bio Inc. has nominated an orally bioavailable selective allosteric AKT1 E17K inhibitor, ATV-1601, as a development candidate for AKT1 E17K-driven cancers.
Molecure SA has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Ocean Biomedical Inc. for the development and commercialization of a selective YKL-40 inhibitor program, including the lead molecule OAT-3912.