Xortx Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire a renal anti-fibrotic therapeutic program from Vectus Biosystems Ltd., including a novel new chemical entity, VB4-P5.
Endometrial cancer is the most prevalent gynecological malignancy in high-income countries, and the discovery of new biomarkers may aid in earlier detection and improve the prognosis of patients.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California explored whether CC-90009 can promote readthrough in the two types of epidermolysis bullosa.
To identify potential biomarkers of interstitial lung disease, researchers at West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Minda Hospital of Hubei Minzu University mined the Gene Expression Omnibus database of transcriptomes as well as compared tissues across healthy individuals and patients with connective tissue disease, who had interstitial lung disease or not.
Writing in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, researchers from Shenzhen University Medical School and collaborating institutions report the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of quinoline-based hydroxamic acid derivatives as dual DNA methyltransferases (DNMT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has nominated ESP-2001 as a preclinical development candidate for the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The company will now begin IND-enabling studies with the aim of filing an IND application with the FDA to initiate first-in-human studies next year.
Two enzymes from the protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) family enable prostate cancer cells to grow, survive, and resist treatment. This discovery, however, could be taken as an advantage to improve therapy for this type of tumor. Blocking the function of PDIA1 and PDIA5 leads to cancer cell death and a reduction in tumor size.
With $70 million in hand, Excellergy Inc. is ready to advance its lead candidate for allergic diseases into clinical trials. The series A round was led by Samsara Biocapital with co-investments from Red Tree Venture Capital and Decheng Capital.
Researchers at Dongguk University and Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology have described oxazole derivatives acting as malate dehydrogenase, cytoplasmic (MDH1) and/or malate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial (MDH2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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