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BioWorld Science

Dec. 13, 2023

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A self-organizing cardioid.

First interconnected organoid heart model starts beating

To date, no cardiovascular model has been able to shed light on how and why cardiac congenital disorders start in the human embryo. Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) in Vienna have been able to recapitulate cardiogenesis in multi-chamber cardioids, sort of interacting heart chambers intended to dissect how genetic and environmental factors impact human heart development. Read More

Anti-SFRP2 MAb increases tumor apoptosis and inhibits metastases in models of TNBC

Researchers from Medical University of South Carolina aimed to evaluate the potential of secreted frizzled-related protein 2 (SFRP2) as a promising novel target for breast cancer using a newly developed humanized monoclonal antibody to SFRP2 (hSFRP2 MAb) in models of this disease. Read More
Skin, tissue layer illustration

Scinai Immunotherapeutics reports findings with anti‑IL‑17 VHH antibody in psoriatic human skin model

Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. has released promising preclinical results of its innovative anti‑IL‑17 VHH antibody (NanoAb) as a local treatment for mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. Read More
Hand grasping glass

Vanqua Bio advances GCase activator toward clinic for Parkinson’s disease

Vanqua Bio Inc. announced that its development candidate VQ-101, a best-in-class brain-penetrant small-molecule allosteric activator of glucocerebrosidase (GCase), will enter clinical development in the first quarter of next year, with an initial indication in Parkinson’s disease. Read More

CDK4/6 degrader BTX-9341 shows promise for HR+/HER2- breast cancer

The inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 is a useful strategy to treat hormone receptor (HR)+/HER2+ breast cancer, but patients may develop resistance through different mechanisms. As reported at the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers from Biotheryx Inc. have synthesized a new CDK4/6 degrader – BTX-9341 – to address the problem of therapeutic resistance in breast cancer. Read More
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of MRSA.

New DAPG derivatives acting on bacterial cell membranes hold promise to treat MRSA infections

The emergence of Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to almost all approved antibiotics in the clinic poses an urgent public health concern. Thus, new antibiotics exploiting alternative antibacterial mechanisms or molecular structures are critically needed to address the long-term threat of multidrug-resistant S. aureus, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Read More

Astrazeneca patents new 17-β-HSD 13 inhibitors for liver disorders

Astrazeneca AB has disclosed 17-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17B13; 17-β-HSD 13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatic steatosis, liver inflammation, hepatitis C virus infection and liver cancer. Read More

Gigagen’s anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody cleared to enter clinic for solid tumors

Gigagen Inc., a subsidiary of Grifols SA, has received clearance from the FDA of its IND application to conduct a phase I trial of GIGA-564 for the treatment of solid tumors. Read More

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen divulges new azolo compounds for fibrosis

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen has synthesized azolo compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis. Read More
R&D money

Shinobi Therapeutics raises series A financing to develop immune-evasive iPSC-derived cell therapies

Shinobi Therapeutics Inc. has closed a $51 million series A financing. The company is developing a new class of off-the-shelf immune evasive iPSC-derived cell therapies. Read More

Repare Therapeutics describes new PKMYT1 inhibitors for cancer

Repare Therapeutics Inc. has identified membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Novel dual BTK and JAK3 inhibitor shows preclinical efficacy against rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder where Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) and Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) are among the most relevant signaling pathways involved. Read More
Scientist, microscope and dropper

Inhibiting C1q reduces ALS-derived damage in mice

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is associated with loss of synaptic connectivity at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and loss of motor neurons. Read More

Merck Sharp & Dohme presents new MsbA inhibitors for gram-negative bacterial infections

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has divulged compounds acting as lipid A export ATP-binding/permease protein (MsbA) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative (multidrug-resistant) bacterial infections. Read More

Eli Lilly & Co. discovers new angiotensin AT2 receptor antagonists for pain

Eli Lilly & Co. has described compounds acting as angiotensin AT2 receptor (AGTR2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of pain. Read More
3D illustration of tumor

Immuneering’s IMM-6-415 receives FDA clearance for phase I/IIa trial in solid tumors with RAF or RAS mutations

Immuneering Corp. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application for IMM-6-415, an oral, twice-daily small molecule in development for the treatment of advanced RAF or RAS mutant solid tumors. Read More

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