Phagocytosis – eliminating millions of dead cells every day – requires specialized cells such as macrophages, the true professionals, which migrate to engulf waste and dying cells. But they are not the only ones that can perform this task, as scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) discovered when they investigated hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs), a tissue in constant regeneration, to clarify how dying cells are detected and cleared in the epithelium and the mesenchyme. Read More

Arcus Biosciences Inc. recently disclosed the chemical structure of AB-521 (casdatifan), an orally available small-molecule inhibitor of hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α) in early clinical development for the treatment of advanced solid tumors with a high prevalence of molecular alterations associated with pseudohypoxia, such as clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Read More

Addex Therapeutics Ltd. and Indivior plc have announced the selection of clinical candidates from their γ-aminobutyric acid subtype B (GABA-B) positive allosteric modulator (PAM) research collaboration. Read More

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is an IL-6 type cytokine involved in the inflammatory response, stem cell self-renewal and tumor progression, that binds to LIFR and gp130 on the cell surface. LIF is overexpressed in several types of cancer such as pancreatic, breast or prostate cancer and thus is considered a therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with hypertension and metabolic disorders and remains one of the main challenges for cardiovascular risk management. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati, Duke University School of Medicine, Remd Biotherapeutics Inc. and collaborators described the use of targeted inhibition of glucagon signaling as a potential strategy to rescue the pathological features of HFpEF. Read More

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK4 (Polo-like kinase 4) has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target in prostate cancer, since it plays crucial roles in cell cycle regulation and tumor progression. Investigators from 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University have prepared and tested the PLK4 inhibitor NL-13 for the potential treatment of prostate cancer. 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

Eurofarma Laboratórios SA and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have jointly patented new sodium channel protein type 9 subunit α (SCN9A; Nav1.7) and/or SCN10A (Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain. Read More

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) have published findings from preclinical studies of LASSARAB, a new rabies-based Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine candidate. Read More

Recent Beigene Ltd. patents describe condensed heterocyclic compounds acting as diacylglycerol kinase α (DGK-α) and/or DGK-ζ (DGK-ζ) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Work at DE Shaw Research LLC has led to the identification of bicyclic imide compounds acting as transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1 (TRPA1) antagonists. Read More

Researchers from University of Bristol and affiliated organizations performed studies to identify new risk factors that would predict future cardiovascular events after an incident stroke. Read More

Copper complexes acting angiogenesis inhibitors have been disclosed in a patent from Istinye Universitesi and Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi Teknoloji Transferi Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan and Shizuoka Prefectural University have discovered prodrugs of furanocoumarin derivatives acting as dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infection. Read More

Most patients with gastric cancer are diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease. Target identification and unveiling the molecular mechanisms behind it are crucial for this field. Read More