The shunt towards, or away from, cognitive decline may happen decades before such decline becomes clinically evident. And known risk factors explain very little of that decline. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Ohio State University, who published their results in the Feb. 8, 2023, issue of PLOS ONE.
In their analysis, the team looked at both the absolute level of cognitive function in about 7,000 participants of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study at age 54, and at the decline in cognitive function from age 54 to 85. The study participants that were analyzed were born between 1931 and 1941. The results were reminiscent of the adage that the way to make a silk purse out a sow’s ear is to start with a silk sow. Read More
Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare bleeding disorder caused by defects in the expression of platelet surface integrins, such as integrin alpha-IIb (GPIIb, encoded by ITGA2B). Read More
Sichuan Haisco Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed AP2-associated protein kinase 1 (AAK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia. Read More
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is partnering with Targagenix Inc. and Northeastern University to study pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The partnership will receive nearly US$3 million over 5 years through funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More
Nido Biosciences Inc. has synthesized bicyclic compounds acting as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) reported to be useful for the treatment of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, neurodegeneration and cancer. Read More
The University of Hong Kong has identified reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive prodrugs reported to be useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and hypertension. Read More
Previous research has suggested that factor VIII (FVIII) can regulate the osteoprotegerin (OPG)/RANKL system, which appears to play a role in hemophilic arthropathy. Investigators have now aimed to measure the OPG levels in patients with hemophilia A/B and assess their correlation with the levels of FVIII/FIX.
Scripps Research Institute and Shangpharma Innovation have divulged cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (MB21D1; cGAS) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoinflammatory interferonopathy, autoimmune and neurological disorders. Read More
Gluetacs Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) and eukaryotic peptide chain release factor GTP-binding subunit ERF3A (GSPT1) targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, anemia, transplant rejection, neurodegeneration, infections, autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic disorders. Read More
Trans-synaptic complexes regulate synapse development and maturation. Disorders involving synaptopathies, such as schizophrenia, affect specific regions of the brain. Read More
