Researchers at ETH Zurich have identified a proteomic signature that could recognize long COVID six months after acute infection. Biologically, the signature indicated that the complement system remained active in patients with long COVID six months after infection. Translationally, it could lead to a diagnostic test for long COVID, and suggests that targeting the complement system could be a therapeutic approach to prevent or treat the disorder. Read More
There is increasing interest in studying exosome molecules, and particularly long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), in the diagnosis of gastric cancer. Microarray analysis was performed from samples obtained from patients with gastric cancer who underwent endoscopic resection. Read More
Cantharidin, a natural product coming from blister beetles, has anti-proliferative activity in several cancer cell lines such as leukemia, myeloma or colon cancer cells. Read More
Ratio Therapeutics Inc. has closed a $50 million series B financing to expand application of its proprietary technology platforms, Trillium and Macropa, to develop novel best-in-class radiopharmaceuticals. Read More
Researchers from Springworks Therapeutics Inc. and affiliated organizations presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel covalent and irreversible YAP/TAZ-TEAD inhibitor, SWTX-143, being developed for the treatment of mesothelioma. Read More
Synendos Therapeutics AG has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to initiate a first-in-human trial of its lead asset, SYT-510, a first-in-class inhibitor that modulates a newly identified drug target in the endocannabinoid system (ECS) to restore healthy brain physiology. Read More
Aevisbio Inc. has identified novel pomalidomide derivatives targeting protein cereblon (CRBN) expected to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is awarding Syntiron US$1.7 million to develop a maternal vaccine that targets Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, two bacterial species that cause a large portion of neonatal sepsis infections. Read More
Korro Bio Inc. has highlighted new data for KRRO-110, its first development candidate for the potential treatment of α-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), an inherited genetic disorder caused by single nucleotide variants in the SERPINA1 gene. Read More
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA has divulged TGF-β receptor type-1 (TGFBR1; ALK5; SKR4; TβR-I) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Read More
Researchers from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and affiliated organizations presented data from a study that aimed to assess the protective efficacy of the human fusion peptide (FP) broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb), VRC34.01, along with two FP vaccine-elicited rhesus macaque mAbs, DFPH-a.15 and DF1W-a.01, to protect naïve rhesus macaques against mucosal challenge with SHIV(BG505). Read More
Researchers at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have described imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives acting as serine/threonine-protein kinase SIK inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), primary sclerosing cholangitis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes and glomerulonephritis, among others. Read More
