“Just simply getting old, from age 50 to 75, increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease by 100-fold, which really dwarfed 10-fold increase in risk, conferred by all known risk factors combined, including APOE genotype, being a female, hypertension, smoking, physical inactivity and diabetes. And this trend stays true for almost all chronic diseases,” Yousin Suh told her audience earlier this week during a talk for the NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series. Read More
Acquired resistance to doxorubicin significantly reduces its therapeutic efficacy, limiting its clinical use in breast cancer treatment. Pan-AKR1C inhibitors have demonstrated potential in restoring drug sensitivity in resistant cancer cells. Read More
Repertoire Immune Medicines Inc. has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Genentech Inc., a member of the Roche Group, to discover and develop innovative T cell-targeted immune medicines to treat an autoimmune disease. Repertoire will use its Decode platform, which maps the immune synapse, to discover novel therapeutic targets. Read More
Grove Biopharma Inc., a spinout from Northwestern University targeting intracellular protein-protein interactions with a novel synthetic biology-based approach, has closed a $30 million series A financing. Proceeds will be used to further advance Grove Biopharma’s Bionic Biologics platform and drive its lead oncology programs toward the clinic. Read More
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 3,500-5,000 newborn males worldwide. It is characterized by progressive degeneration of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle, leading to early mortality. A team of researchers from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology has developed a novel approach to combat fibrosis in DMD. Read More
Hangzhou Synrx Therapeutics Technology Co. Ltd. has disclosed poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Read More
BRD4, a member of the BET protein family, plays a critical role in cancer progression by regulating oncogenes, particularly MYC, which drives tumor growth but is difficult to target directly. Researchers from Macau University of Science and Technology reported on the antiproliferative activity of bi-magnolignan, a novel BRD4-targeting compound isolated from the leaves of Magnolia officinalis. Read More
Abtherx Inc. has signed a technology license agreement with Rondo Therapeutics with the aim of accelerating Rondo’s pipeline of bispecific antibodies. Rondo aims to advance the field of immuno-oncology, with a focus on treating solid tumors that fail to respond to current therapies. Read More
Isosterix Inc. has synthesized histone acetyltransferase KAT6A (monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein; MOZ; MYST-3) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Researchers from Guilin Medical University and collaborators investigated the potential role of ubiquitin-specific protease 4 (USP4) in the occurrence and development of lung adenocarcinoma. Read More
A recently published study has identified collagen type X α 1 chain (CoL10A1) as a promising target for treating brain metastasis in breast cancer patients. The research, conducted by a team at First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University and collaborators, sheds light on the regulatory role of CoL10A1 in the progression of breast cancer brain metastasis (BMBC). Read More
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has identified serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, cancer, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, metabolic, inflammatory, neurological and immunological disorders, among others. Read More
Hangzhou Polymed Biopharmaceuticals Inc. has divulged molecular glue degraders comprising cereblon (CRBN) binding agents covalently bound to a zinc finger protein Helios (IKZF2)-targeting moiety acting as IKZF2 degradation and IKZF2/CRBN interaction inducers. Read More
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have long been recognized for their potential in cancer therapy. However, the effectiveness of MSCs in cancer treatment has been hampered by their limited tumor-homing ability and the heterogeneity of tissue-derived MSCs. To address these challenges, researchers have focused on induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived MSCs, which offer improved homogeneity and expansion potential. Read More
Hepaitech (Beijing) Biopharma Technology Co. Ltd. has described Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X4 (MRGPRX4; SNSR5; SNSR6) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of anemia, fungal infections, HIV infections, renal disorders, liver diseases, psoriasis, pruritus and urticaria, among others. Read More
