The first cellular human and mouse map focused on muscle fibers and their microenvironment has revealed both the mechanisms of deterioration of this tissue over time and its adaptive capacity for regeneration. “We intended to map the skeletal muscle, isolating all the cell types, and characterizing how they change with age,” first author Veronika Kedlian from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge told BioWorld.
Biointervene Inc. has described adenosine analogues acting as adenosine A3 receptor (ADORA3) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, neurodegeneration, ototoxicity, neuropathic pain, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and spinocerebellar ataxia, among others.
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. has divulged glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of obesity and diabetes type 2.
Osaka University has identified radiolabeled tyrosine derivatives targeting large neutral amino acids transporter small subunit 1 (SLC7A5; LAT1) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. has synthesized vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of hyperkinesia and psychosis.
The leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B2 (LILRB2), also known as ILT4, is an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM)-containing receptor that is widely expressed on immunosuppressive myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment.
Curevac NV and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have entered into a co-development and licensing agreement to develop novel mRNA-based cancer vaccines.
Palisade Bio Inc. has completed its analysis evaluating ex vivo bioactivation of PALI-2108, an orally administered, locally acting colon-specific phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor prodrug in development for ulcerative colitis.