Assembly Biosciences describes new azetidine compounds for HSV infections

June 18, 2025

Assembly Biosciences Inc. has identified azetidine compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections.

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First phase of synthetic human genome project successfully completes

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The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome synthesis. The work has demonstrated a...

Epigenetic technology could eliminate misfolded prion proteins

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The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal...

Laigo raises €11.5M seed money for targeted protein degradation

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Laigo Bio BV has raised €11.5 million (US$13.7 million) in a seed round for the further development of a new approach to inducing targeted protein degradation by...