Secreting cytokines and killing tumor cells can be stressful for a T lymphocyte. In short adverse circumstances, these cells adapt to acute stress. If the situation persists, they activate a chronic stress response mechanism. According to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB) in Barcelona, the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 4 (CPEB4) mediated this adaptation process. Read More
Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have developed allosteric modulators of the opioid receptor that were superior to the opioid antidote naloxone at blocking the effects of fentanyl in vitro. They presented their work in a session on “Progress towards more efficacious medicine: Antibiotics and antidotes” at the 2023 spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Read More
Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Bitbiome Inc. have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the creation of new drugs targeting infectious diseases with unmet medical needs. Read More
A recent Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. patent describes prodrugs of atrasentan that act as endothelin ETA receptor antagonists. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, hypertension and IgA nephropathy. Read More
2,4-Dihydro-3h-1,2,4-triazol-3-one P2X7 receptor antagonists have been reported in an Axxam SpA patent as potentially useful for the treatment of cognitive, eye, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and psychiatric disorders, chronic pain, neuropathic pain and neurodegeneration. Read More
Autophagy plays a critical role in the regulation of skeletal muscle integrity; however, the molecular mechanisms regulating autophagy are not fully understood. In a recently published study, researchers from McGill University Health Centre and affiliated organizations aimed to investigate these mechanisms and identify novel regulators of autophagy and skeletal muscle integrity. Read More
Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. and Ascentage Pharma (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. have patented GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Research at Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has led to the development of [11]-carbon-labeled compounds targeting Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Read More
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a powerful approach for patients with hematologic malignancies, such as leukemia. Its broad use may be associated with life-threatening toxicities such as neurotoxicity and cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Read More
