Artificial intelligence (AI) is in full development, and advances are already used in many fields, including medicine. In oncology, these tools can identify a tumor in an image with 99% accuracy. But they can also miss it if the algorithm was not developed with the right data or the correct decisions. The 2023 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress brought together in Madrid doctors and deep learning experts to discuss the challenges and advances of AI in this area. And what’s better than asking an AI what its trainer has told it about AI? Read More

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is involved in cancer cell invasion while it acts as a negative regulator of adhesion. EpCAM is overexpressed in several cancer types, such as colorectal, ovarian or gastric cancer, and its expression is associated with a worse prognosis. Read More

Endogena Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for EA-2351 for geographic atrophy, an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Read More

Researchers from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science Chinese Academy of Sciences and affiliated organizations have reported the discovery of IHMT-PI3K-455, a novel potent and selective PI3Kγ/δ dual inhibitor as a potential anticancer agent. Read More

A University of Texas System patent describes new allosteric modulators of 5-HT2A and/or 5-HT2C receptors potentially useful for the treatment of obesity, substance abuse and dependence, mood and seizure disorders. Read More

Borrelia burgdorferi, one of the bacteria species causing Lyme disease, has a small genome and is therefore highly dependent on its hosts to obtain many necessary metabolites. Its small genome makes B. burgdorferi an attractive candidate for developing narrow-spectrum antibiotics targeting those essential genes. The use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics may reduce the risk of side effects and the spread of antimicrobial resistances compared with traditional, long-term antibiotic treatments. Read More

The Finnish regulatory agency (FIMEA) has approved Kancera AB’s application to conduct a phase I study of KAND-145, the company’s second-generation fractalkine-blocking candidate drug for cancer. Read More

Researchers from Loxo Oncology at Eli Lilly and Co. recently reported the discovery and preclinical evaluation of a new highly potent and selective pan-KRAS inhibitor, LY-4066434, being developed for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Fusion Biotechnology and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have prepared sugar-linked imidazoline derivatives and their micelles reported to be useful for the treatment of age-related diseases. Read More

Skyhawk Therapeutics Inc. has obtained Australian human research ethic committee (HREC) approval to conduct a phase I trial of SKY-0515 for Huntington’s disease. Read More

Voronoi and Voronoi Bio Inc. have patented serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF), Raf kinase and Raf kinase B (V600E mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers have been reported in a Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of pain. Read More

Kalivir Immunotherapeutics Inc. has announced FDA clearance of an IND application for a phase I study of ASP-1012 (formerly VET2-L2) in participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The trial is expected to begin in the first quarter of next year. Read More

Research at Design Therapeutics Inc. has led to the discovery of conjugates consisting of a DNA-binding moiety capable of noncovalently binding to a nucleotide repeat sequence linked to a protein binding moiety through oligomeric backbone linker. They are transcription modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. Read More