Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and collaborators have reported on the characterization of novel human anti-CD44v6 antibodies aimed to be used as anticancer agents in the radiotherapy of CD44v6-expressing cancers.
Previous research has demonstrated the promise of using carbon monoxide (CO) as an anticancer therapeutic agent, with reactive oxygen species (ROS)-activated CO prodrugs representing a new targeted cancer treatment strategy. In the current study, researchers from Georgia State University presented the discovery and preclinical evaluation of novel ROS-activated metal-free CO prodrugs.
Researchers from Adicet Bio Inc. reported on the preclinical development of ADI-925, an engineered Chimeric Adapter (CAd) γδ1 T-cell therapy that targets major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related protein A/B (MICA/MICB) and ULBP1-6 expressed in tumor cells.
KLRG1 is expressed on a subset of T and NK cells, with KLRG1+CD8+ T cells having demonstrated strong antitumor cytotoxicity by releasing IFN-γ and TNF-α.
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis whose endogenous ligands are highly expressed in the tumor microenvironment of aggressive tumors.
Microtubule-targeting agents impact microtubule dynamics to induce mitotic arrest and tumor cell death. Tubulin is therefore a relevant target for the discovery of new agents acting as tumor neovasculature disruptors. Researchers from Nanjing Keygen Biotech Co. Ltd. have reported on the design and optimization of novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors with antiangiogenesis activity that led to the identification of [I] as the compound.
Researchers from China Pharmaceutical University and colleagues have provided details on the discovery and preclinical evaluation of [I], a novel stilbene derivative that showed antitumor activity.
Astellas Pharma Inc. has agreed to pay Cullgen Inc. up to $1.9 billion-plus to jointly develop multiple protein degraders. Under the agreement, Tokyo-based Astellas will pay Cullgen, of San Diego, $35 million up front, and an additional $85 million if it decides, during the initial stages of development, to jointly commercialize and promote Cullgen’s lead program, a cell cycle protein degrader for the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors, in the U.S.
Bioray Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s IND application for BRY-812, a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting human LIV-1 for the treatment of advanced malignant tumors, has been accepted by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
