Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have explored the possibility of using anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) as a target for the application of ALK.CAR T cells to treat neuroblastoma, the most common and deadliest tumor of infancy. Read More
Researchers from National Cheng Kung University and affiliated organizations have presented the discovery and preclinical evaluation of novel pyrazole derivatives that inhibit the neutrophil signaling pathway, to be developed for the treatment of inflammation. Read More
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by several protozoan Leishmania species with diverse clinical manifestations and limited treatment options to date. Researchers at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative have reported on the discovery and preclinical characterization of DNDI-6174, a novel inhibitor of the Leishmania cytochrome bc1 complex. Read More
The term cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) refers to the sum of all pathological processes affecting the small vessels of the brain. Although SVD has been recognized as a leading cause of age-related cognitive decline, its underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Moreover, therapeutic options for SVD patients are still limited, primarily because relevant disease models that can guide target identification and drug discovery are lacking. Read More
Researchers from Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals Inc. and affiliated organizations have presented the discovery and preclinical evaluation of GM-3009, a novel noribogaine analogue being developed for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Read More
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Biolojic Design Ltd. have announced an exclusive license agreement to develop a potential novel antibody-based therapy for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and asthma. Read More
Soltego Inc. has disclosed pyrimidopyrimidone compounds acting as serine/threonine-protein salt-inducible kinases (SIK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of erythematotelangiectatic and papulopustular rosacea. Read More
Terray Therapeutics Inc. has established a multi-target collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to discover and develop small-molecule therapeutics in certain disease areas. Read More
Researchers at Sichuan Huiyu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Sichuan Huiyu Seacross Pharma Technology Ltd. have synthesized hydroxyamide derivatives acting as dual lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (KDM1A, LSD1) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease. Read More
In a recent publication in Scientific Reports, researchers at City of Hope and collaborators presented a novel CS1 bsAb, called CS1-dbBiTE, conjugating an intact anti-CS1 antibody (elotuzumab) and an anti-human OKT3 antibody at their respective hinge regions using Click chemistry. Read More
Zhejiang Wenda Pharma Technology Ltd. has identified HER2 (erbB2) and its (exon 20 insertion [Ex20Ins], (Ala775_Gly776insTyrValMetAla)) mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Scenic Biotech BV presented promising preclinical data on SC-2882, a first-in-class specific glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like (QPCTL) inhibitor that induces secondary proteolytic degradation of the monocyte chemo attractants CCL2 and CCL7 and inactivation of the “don’t-eat-me” signal CD47, as a novel therapeutic for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Read More
Cypralis Ltd. has divulged macrocyclic compounds acting as peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase A (PPIA; cyclophilin A; CYPA) and/or cyclophilin D inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. Read More
Xalud Therapeutics Inc. has described conjugates comprising a sugar moiety covalently bonded to a DNA-interacting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, among others. Read More
Previous studies with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors have demonstrated their potential as antitumor agents across several tumor models when administered alone or in combination with standard treatments. Read More
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