East China Normal University and Fudan University have jointly discovered tricyclic pyrimidine compounds acting as adenosine A2A and/or A2B receptor antagonists.
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTACs) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6)-targeting moiety through a linker.
Mutations in GTPase KRAS, concretely KRAS G12D, are predominant in pancreatic and colorectal cancers and targeting them is still a challenge. Researchers have published results from studies of a new KRAS G12D inhibitor, LPM-5140276, for the potential treatment of these cancer types harboring this mutation.
Nonprofit Finding Hope for Frizzle (FRRS1L) and Apertura Gene Therapy have signed a license agreement for the development of a gene therapy for FRRS1L disease, also known as early infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 37, using Apertura’s CNS-targeting TfR1 CapX AAV capsid.
Researchers from University College London and collaborating institutions have recently published results from their study aiming to optimize gene therapy for CLN5 disease.
Stoked Bio Inc. has secured an exclusive global license from McMaster University for the patents covering enterololin, a promising narrow-spectrum antibiotic.
Korsana Biosciences Inc. has emerged from stealth, with its development of therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases initially focused on Alzheimer’s disease.
Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. has advanced its novel endothelin ETA receptor antagonist AK-1960 into phase I in Japan for the treatment of various refractory diseases, such as chronic kidney disease.
Chronic migraine is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headache episodes. Recent findings have implicated microglia in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis in chronic migraine-related central sensitization. Activated microglial cells release inflammatory and neurotrophic factors that interact with the neurons involved in the process.