Avacta Therapeutics (Avacta Group plc) has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for FAP-Exd (AVA-6103), a Precision peptide-drug conjugate based on exatecan.
In a study published in Molecular Therapy, researchers from H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and the University of South Florida developed an E6-targeting proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) that inhibits the growth of human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive tumors. HPV is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection worldwide, with persistent infections causing up to six different types of cancer.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in cancer development by regulating genes involved in cell growth, differentiation, invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis. Because their expression patterns differ across tumor types and stages, miRNA profiles hold strong potential as noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
Phase Scientific International Ltd. launched China’s largest clinical study for urine-based cervical cancer screening. If successful, the blood-based test could be the first non-invasive test for HPV.
In what represents the first filing to have emerged in the name of Cellect Laboratories Inc., one of the start-up’s co-founders, Claire Theresa Murphy, describes their development of a non-invasive screening method that could one day replace the Pap test.
Nanjing Zenshine Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphoric acid derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
Antiva Biosciences Inc. has developed an intravaginal topical treatment, ABI-2280, for high-risk cervical infections with human papillomavirus (HPV). In a phase Ib/II study, after two weeks of treatment at the highest dose of the DNA polymerase inhibitor, 46% of patients were negative for high-risk HPV at week 12, compared to just 16% of patients treated with placebo.
The U.K. government will offer women home-testing kits for cervical screening as part of an effort to tackle barriers and get more of them taking this potentially life-saving test.
Scientists at Dongguk University and Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology have disclosed benzofuran compounds targeting heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (hnRNPA2B1) acting as RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase (RAF-1; c-Raf) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
