A laboratory technique used to generate pluripotent stem cells from any tissue, cellular reprogramming, has led a group of researchers to the discovery of a process that could have an impact on natural tissue repair. Read More
REGN-4461 (mibavademab) is a monoclonal antibody targeting leptin receptor (LEP-R) under development by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. It acts as an allosteric agonist and does not compete with leptin binding to LEP-R. Read More
Central Drug Research Institute investigators have synthesized novel compounds conjugating the quinoline moiety with a piperazine/pyrrolidine scaffold through a molecular hybridization approach and investigated their antileishmanial activity. Read More
Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. has announced IND approval by the FDA for HLX-42 for injection, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developed under a collaboration between Henlius and Medilink Therapeutics. Read More
Medshine Discovery Inc. has disclosed fused quinazoline compounds acting as son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1)/GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of solid tumors. Read More
Inhibition of receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) has been previously described as a promising strategy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, as RIPK2 is a key player in the signaling leading to bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN)-induced inflammation and it amplifies pro-inflammatory responses in the intestine. Read More
4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) is a major byproduct of lipid peroxidation, a process exacerbated by mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Accumulation of 4-HNE protein adducts has been reported in several cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, hypertension and heart failure in both rodents and humans. Therefore, identifying critical 4-HNE targets relevant to cardiac pathophysiology could help develop better therapies to treat heart failure. Read More
Ningbo Newbay Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Researchers from China Pharmaceutical University have recently reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of a series of novel dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-one derivatives targeting the colchicine-binding site and intended for use as antitumor agents. Read More
Suzhou Puhe Biopharma Co. Ltd. has divulged protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Disrupting apoptosis is a mechanism that cancerous cells use to avoid being killed; this can be performed by overexpressing pro-survival factors, such as induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1. Researchers from Abbvie Inc. have recently published preclinical data on a potent and selective Mcl-1 inhibitor, ABBV-467, for the treatment of hematologic cancers. Read More
