Results from a French study of a cohort of individuals with the inherited rare disease Fanconi anemia shed light on how some people with this condition go on to develop secondary leukemia. Writing in the Feb. 2, 2023, issue of Cell Stem Cell, the authors also described some initial tests on cell lines in a mouse model of a drug that has potential to treat individuals with Fanconi anemia who progress to leukemia. Read More
The interleukin-2 receptor subunit γ (IL-2RG), also known as γc cytokine receptor or CD132, family of cytokines includes interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15 and IL-21. These γc cytokines exert broad pleiotropic effects on the innate and adaptive immune system, and they all share the IL-2RG chain as part of its signaling receptor complex. Researchers from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. aimed to assess whether targeting γc cytokines may serve as a strategy for the prevention and treatment of T-cell-mediated disease. Read More
Researchers from Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) and the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) have synthesized and evaluated a series of novel antileishmanial agents. Synthesis and optimization of a series of halogen-rich salicylanilides led to the discovery of compounds [I] and [II], which demonstrated the best antileishmanial activity, with IC50 values of 2.89 μM and 2.09 μM, respectively against Leishmania donovani amastigote. Read More
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. has announced it plans to develop the TNX-3900 series of oral antivirals as monotherapy or in combination with other antivirals, following an agreement whereby it has acquired all of the assets of Healion Bio Inc., including its entire portfolio of next-generation antiviral technology assets. Read More
Xinthera Inc. has divulged pyridinones acting as MAP kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAPK2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, cancer, fibrosis, metabolic diseases, inflammation and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders. Read More
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Its treatment is still elusive due to difficulties with early diagnoses and patient risk identification. This leads to a need for reliable biomarkers for OA prognosis or to identify patients at risk of progression. Read More
Incyte Corp. has disclosed GTPase KRAS (mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and immunological disorders. Read More
Philadelphia University (Jordan) has synthesized 2,4-disubstituted-thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines acting as prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 (COX-2) inhibitors. Read More
The lack of dystrophin causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a muscle-wasting disease that is often accompanied by heart failure due to cardiomyocyte death and fibrosis that can lead to death of the patient. It has been proven that telomere shortening is a hallmark of DMD cardiomyocytes. Researchers from the Stanford School of Medicine have recently investigated whether preventing telomere shortening and attrition may be a therapeutic approach in DMD. Read More
Newave Pharmaceutical LLC. and Guangzhou Lupeng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. have identified isoquinolines acting as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune disease. Read More
Kanaph Therapeutics Inc. and Yungjin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. have presented tyrosine-protein phosphatase nonreceptor type 11 (PTPN11) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of immunological, cardiovascular, eye disorders, fibrosis, cancer, Noonan syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome and neurofibromatosis type 1. Read More
Pliant Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for PLN-101095, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of integrins αvβ8 and αvβ1. Read More
