Scisparc Ltd.’s Mitocarex Bio Ltd. venture has validated the potential significant involvement of its target SLC25 carrier protein, using non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells with diverse genetic backgrounds. Mitocarex used genetic manipulations and 3D spheroid systems, mimicking the main features of human solid tumors, to demonstrate the discovery.
Researchers from Shandong University and affiliated organizations reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel 68Ga-labeled PSMA-targeting tracers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Age-related inflammation, also known as inflammaging, refers to low-grade chronic damage caused by increased inflammation linked to immunosenescence with impact at molecular, cellular and tissue levels. Aging amplifies the inflammatory response and increases neutrophil, monocyte and leukocyte trafficking in models of inflammation.
The adaptation of cancer cells to therapies limits the effectiveness of treatments. However, understanding the mechanisms they use to do it could help reverse them or be used to design more powerful drugs. Scientists at New York University (NYU) have studied the transitions causing resistance and have observed how it develops through a gradual process they have called the “resistance continuum.”
Gluetacs Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized oxoisoindolinyl substituted piperidinedione derivative molecular glue degraders characterized as IKZF1, IKZF3 and GSPT1 degradation inducers. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, anemia, liver failure, diabetes, infections, sarcoidosis, autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular disorders.
An Iongen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. patent reports transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3) receptor antagonists that are potentially useful for the treatment of acne, diabetes, anxiety, gastrointestinal, inflammatory and respiratory disorders, neurodegeneration and obesity, among others.
Jiangsu Vcare Pharmatech Co. Ltd. has created new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to estrogen receptor α (ER-α)-binding moiety through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and infections.
Acrivon Therapeutics Inc. has identified new pyrimidine carboxamide compounds acting as Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has patented compounds acting as nonstructural protein 3 (nsp3, PL-pro; SARS-CoV-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), rhinovirus, norovirus and lung infections.