Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown that in mice lacking amyloid beta (Aβ), the fundamental hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), neurons died from the effect of the most harmful mutation of this neurodegenerative disease. They showed that presenilin (PS) could be behind the origin of the disease without the need for Aβ. They maintain that it is time to update theories and redirect efforts. Read More
Researchers have developed and tested a taurultam-derived oxathiazine compound, GP-2250, for the potential treatment of ovarian cancer. Taurolidine, a substance derived from the amino acid taurine, has been shown to have antiproliferative and antineoplastic activity in vitro and in vivo against various cancer types. GP-2250 was tested in vitro in several ovarian cancer cell lines, as well as in vivo as a monotherapy and in combination with standard-of-care drugs and PARP inhibitors. Read More
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced its plans to advance its RNAi drug candidates ARO-INHBE and ARO-ALK7 into clinical trials for the treatment of obesity and metabolic diseases. Read More
Kalm Therapeutics Inc. disclosed a $700,000 oversubscribed closing of its seed round, which will be used to complete regulatory activities outlined in Kalm’s pre-IND meeting with the U.S. FDA, fund personnel and transfer the company’s patch production to a manufacturer. Read More
Baylor College of Medicine has synthesized activin receptor type-1 (ACVR1; ALK2; ACTR-I) and/or serine/threonine-protein kinase receptor R3 (ACVRL1; ALK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), atherosclerosis and iron deficiency anemia. 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
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by extensive demyelination and inflammatory responses. The clearance of microglial lipid droplets contributes to neural recovery and remyelination. Putting the focus on investigating microRNAs that regulate lipid homeostasis after SCI was the objective of a recently published study. Read More
Scientists from Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have disclosed antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) comprising antibodies targeting HER2 bound to an eribulin derivative through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry has prepared and tested microtubule destabilizers (tubulin polymerization inhibitors) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease. Read More
Abata Therapeutics Inc. announced it has received an equity investment from Bristol Myers Squibb to support the development of its Treg cell therapy products. Their investment supports Abata's continued advancement into the clinic, with trial initiation imminent for ABA-101 in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Abata obtained FDA clearance for a first-in-human study of ABA-101 in patients with MS in July. Read More
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety coupled to tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) targeting agents through linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Shanghai Micurx Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has discovered peptide-drug conjugates consisting of peptide-targeting kidney cells covalently linked to anti-inflammatory or immunomodulating or nephron-protective drugs through linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of acute kidney injury, nephritis, chronic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others. Read More
Kytopen Corp. has received a phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $1.6 million from the NIAID/NIH to support preclinical studies of its engineered natural killer (NK) cells. The funding will be used to conduct in vivo preclinical studies, which will be conducted by Charles River Laboratories Read More
