Corsera Health Inc. has filed a clinical trial notification (CTN) seeking to initiate a phase I trial of COR-1004 in New Zealand. COR-1004 is a novel investigational subcutaneously administered siRNA targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) to reduce LDL cholesterol (LDL-C).
Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to identify the specific mutations that cause changes in RNA splicing, Sureshkumar Balasubramanian, the lead researcher at Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences, told BioWorld.
Suzhou Spring-Sea Bio-Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has described polypeptides acting as glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R), glucagon receptor (GCGR) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis, metabolic syndrome, obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Amphista Therapeutics Ltd. has divulged proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an F-Box only protein 22 (FBXO22)-binding moiety coupled to a transcriptional enhancer factor TEF (TEAD)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers at Dankook University and Korea University Research & Business Foundation Sejong Campus have identified thiophene derivatives acting as lysine-specific demethylase 4C (KDM4C; GASC-1; JMJD2C) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientists at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences have disclosed hypocrellin derivatives acting as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, bacterial infections and fungal infections.
Breast cancer accounts for nearly one-third of all cancers in women, and one of the most aggressive subtypes is triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Researchers at Nanjing University and Nantong University developed the β-carboline derivative [I] and showed that it inhibited the growth of various types of TNBC cells in culture as well as growth of TNBC 4T1 xenografts in mice.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials with SYH-2061 injection for the treatment of IgA nephropathy and other complement-mediated diseases.
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