To be successful, CAR T-cells need a balance between being effective and overkill. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Vittoria Biotherapeutics Inc. have eliminated the CD5 signaling pathway of their CAR Ts to prevent the immunosuppressive brake effect. In return, this improved their proliferation and antitumor activity in T cell lymphomas. Read More

Researchers from East China Normal University and Fudan University presented the discovery of a new oral compound, Z-526, being developed as a treatment to alleviate chemotherapy-induced cachectic muscle loss. Read More

Researchers from Qingdao University have presented data from a study that aimed to investigate the role of HIG1 hypoxia inducible domain family member 1B (HIGD1B) in gastric cancer (GC). The expression of HIGD1B was analyzed in GC and normal gastric tissues from multiple independent cohorts from public databases and verified using cell experiments. Read More

Innorna Co. Ltd.’s IN-016 has received orphan drug status from the U.S. FDA for the treatment of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). Earlier in July, IN-016 had been granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. PFIC is a group of rare genetic disorders associated with defects in bile acid secretion or transport, resulting in unwanted bile accumulation within the liver. Read More

Thirtyfivebio Ltd. has divulged G-protein coupled receptor GPR35 antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, fibrosis, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and immunological disorders. Read More

Researchers from the Basque Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE) have demonstrated that inhibiting posttranslational modification of proteins with NEDD8, a process called neddylation, was able to prevent liver damage induced by acetaminophen overdose. Read More

From no hope to viable treatments, BioWorld  is there to cover the breakthroughs in medicine. Listen to Randy Osborne explain why the BioWorld  team is ‘always on the lookout for what's next.’ Read More

Allianthera Boston Inc. and Allianthera (Suzhou) Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have described cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to RACα serine/threonine-protein kinase AKT targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of prostate cancer. Read More

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel potent inhibitor of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1), ZW-1226, that is being developed as a therapeutic candidate for the treatment of multidrug resistant (MDR) cancers. Read More

Beijing Neox Biotech Co. Ltd. has patented proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTACs) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) binding moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Johns Hopkins University has discovered daunorubicin derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, including glioblastoma, diffuse midline glioma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Read More

Airna Corp. Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., announced it has closed an oversubscribed $60 million financing round, bringing its total series A funding to $90 million. Read More