Current risk genes for some diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) may have emerged in the past as protection against infection by different pathogens. A group of researchers led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen has analyzed the ancient DNA of European populations and has revealed how MS, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and diabetes arose as populations migrated. This evolution would explain the modern genetic diversity and the incidences of these pathologies observed today in the old continent. Read More
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous malignancy that starts with the sequential transformation of normal mucosa to adenoma and finally to carcinoma, when it attains metastatic potential. The most frequent metastatic site in CRC is the liver. Researchers from Nanjing Medical University and collaborators identified a significant overexpression of procollagen-lysine,2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 3 (PLOD3) in liver metastasis tissue samples. Read More
There is a strong relationship between heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF): half of the patients with HF acquire AF. Recent studies discovered a genetic basis underlying AF, which demonstrated a strong heritable component to this disease. Read More
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application for CRB-601, a TGF-β-blocking monoclonal antibody targeting the integrin αvβ8. Enrollment in a first-in-human phase I study will open in the first half of this year. Read More
Vantai Inc. has entered into an amended and restated collaboration and license agreement with Blueprint Medicines Corp. to design and advance novel targeted protein degrader therapies. Read More
Valo Health Inc. has disclosed tricyclic phthalazinone compounds acting as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Prune belly syndrome (PBS), also known as Eagle-Barrett syndrome, is a rare multisystemic congenital myopathy that mainly affects males, and which is incompletely understood genetically speaking. Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc. has synthesized phospholipase D1 (PLD1) and PLD2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and thrombosis. Read More
Trawsfynydd Therapeutics Inc. has identified 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). Read More
Ariceum Therapeutics GmbH has submitted an application with the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to conduct a phase I trial of [123I]-ATT-001, its iodine-123-labeled PARP inhibitor in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Read More
Researchers at Myrobalan Therapeutics Inc. and Myrobalan Therapeutics Nanjing Co. Ltd. have divulged macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R; CD115; c-Fms) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, neurodegeneration, obesity, metabolic diseases, and inflammatory disorders. Read More
Beijing Danatlas Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. has described heterocyclic derivatives acting as DNA polymerase θ (POLθ, POLQ) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Guangzhou Fermion Technology Co. Ltd. has announced IND clearance by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for FZ-008-145 to treat pain. Read More
