Nested Therapeutics Inc. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application for NST-628 for the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors harboring genetic alterations in the RAS-MAPK pathway.
E1A binding protein (EP300) and CREB binding protein (CBP) are two closely related histone acetyltransferases (HATs), the mutations in which are related to several cancers. In the current study, researchers from Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. aimed to develop orally available small molecule EP300/CBP HAT inhibitors with antitumor activity.
Hoth Therapeutics Inc.’s subsidiary, Merveille.ai, has used advanced artificial intelligence to identify a promising new therapeutic candidate for obesity.
Researchers from Universita degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence) and Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse (IBBR) published the discovery of new carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors to be developed as antiglaucoma agents.
Volastra Therapeutics Inc. has entered into partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Function Oncology Inc. and Tailor Bio Ltd. with the goal of expanding the potential use of its KIF18A inhibitors.
Plasma pharmacodynamic biomarkers may be a reliable tool for biosimilarity assessment without having to rely on clinical trials, which are costly and time consuming.
Investigators at Incyte Corp. have reported details on the discovery and preclinical characterization of new potent and selective inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) as potential anticancer candidates.
Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (MPS III), also known as Sanfilippo syndrome, is a congenital metabolic disorder that leads to the accumulation of partially degraded heparan sulfate, which triggers neurodegeneration.
Researchers from Merck & Co. Inc. have presented the discovery of inhibitors of the YAP/TAZ-TEAD complex as potential anticancer agents. YAP and its paralogue TAZ act as terminal effectors of the Hippo signaling pathway by regulating the transcriptional activity of the different TEAD isoforms.