Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have described a role for T cells in the neurodegeneration associated with the tau protein. Tau accumulation in the brain activated microglia. This signal triggered the activation of T cells in other parts of the body, attracting them to the brain. Once there, the interaction of these T cells and microglia produced the neuronal damage seen in Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies. Read More
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) develops in the epithelial lining of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, oropharynx or larynx. The standard treatment includes platinum-based and taxane-based chemotherapy that causes both drug resistance and negative side effects.For that reason, there is a need to explore new low-toxicity options for HNSCC treatment. Read More
Since abnormal choline accumulation in cancer cells has been strongly correlated with malignant tumor growth, researchers from Tokyo Medical University aimed to analyze the functional expression of choline transporters in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Read More
Modex Therapeutics Inc., an Opko Health Inc. company, has entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Merck & Co. Inc., for the development of MDX-2201, Modex's preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Read More
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, which lacks effective targeted therapies. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors such as olaparib are the go-to therapeutic strategy, but are often tied to resistance. Read More
Estrella Biopharma Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for lead product candidate EB-103, a T-cell therapy targeting CD19, a protein expressed on the surface of almost all B-cell leukemias and lymphomas. Read More
Ubix Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor ligands coupled to a tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) targeting moiety via linker acting as SHP-2 degradation inducers and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
The 16p11.2 duplication is a copy number variant that has been previously identified to confer risk for diverse neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability and epilepsy. Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine aimed to assess disease networks associated with this broad phenotypic spectrum. Read More
Researchers from Medical University Vienna presented data from a study that aimed to identify possible synergism between the novel son of sevenless (SOS) inhibitor BAY-293 and B-Raf or/and MEK1/2 inhibitors as a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of melanoma. Read More
Yiteng Pharmaceutical Industry Taizhou Co. Ltd. has synthesized cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. has identified itaconate compounds acting as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFE2-related factor 2; NFE2L2; NRF2) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, asthma, systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and multiple sclerosis. Read More
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Its transmembrane form activates the type II tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR2), functioning via cell-to-cell contact. In contrast, its soluble form activates TNFR1; studies in animal models have evidenced TNFR1 to activate neurotoxic pathways, while TNFR2 activation pathways may have protective effects within the central nervous system due to activation of reparative mechanisms. Read More
Shanghai Blueray Biopharma Co. Ltd. has divulged polycomb protein EED (PRC2/EED-EZH2 noncatalytic subunit) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Chemocentryx Inc. has described aryl sulfonyl (hydroxy) piperidines acting as C-C chemokine receptor type 6 (CCR6) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, endometriosis, periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory disorders. Read More
Previous studies have identified a promising target and potential biomarker for diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal and esophageal cancers: claudin18.2 (CLDN18.2), a tight junction protein overexpressed in these and other solid tumors. Read More
