A study by researchers in Spain suggests that current metagenomic analyses of the microbiome can yield erroneous results, largely due to the incomplete databases that are used to identify microbial DNA sequences. A team led by Clemente Fernández Arias and Federica Bertocchini at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Madrid, evaluated current microbiome analysis techniques on computer simulations of microbial communities in a report published on Feb. 8 in PLOS ONE. Read More
Researchers from The Salk Institute have described a signaling pathway that sets off an unusual, autophagy-dependent cell death mechanism as a fail-safe for cells that have evaded senescence mechanisms. The scientists found a tumor suppression mechanism mediated by telomere signaling, which activated an innate immune response through mitochondrial and telomere complexes to eliminate cells with shortened telomeres. Read More
Researchers from Merck & Co. Inc. have disclosed the structure and reported preclinical data for MK-8189, a phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) inhibitor. Read More
Hillstream Biopharma Inc. has announced initial results evaluating the synergy of ferroptosis inducer HSB-1216 (quatramer salinomycin) with anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab in the Calu-1 KRAS G12C-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line. Read More
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized dual N-(2-aminophenyl)benzamide compounds acting as lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (LSD1) and histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Legochem Biosciences Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Elthera AG to develop and commercialize a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapy using a monoclonal antibody developed by Elthera. Read More
Gray platelet syndrome is an autosomal recessive platelet disorder characterized by macrothrombocytopenia and deficiency or decreased levels of alpha granules that confer a grayish appearance to the platelets. The genetic cause is located at chromosome locus 3p21, affecting the NBEAL2 gene. Read More
The occurrence of acute ischemic stroke impacts the immune landscape in the lungs, leading to peripheral immune activation, which can contribute to cerebral reperfusion injury. Read More
Cytokinetics Inc. has patented ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, obesity and cardiovascular, inflammatory, metabolic, muscle, neurological and renal disorders, among others. Read More
Blueprint Medicines Corp. presents mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and viral infections. Read More
Hookipa Pharma Inc. has achieved a US$10 million milestone payment under its collaboration agreement with Roche (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.) to develop HB-700, a novel arenaviral immunotherapy for KRAS-mutated cancers. Read More
