Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure. That could soon change after Australian researchers discovered that existing HIV drugs can suppress transmission of the HTLV-1 virus in mice. Read More
Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy has proven effective against many types of solid tumors, but not many subtypes of ovarian cancer, including the rare subtype of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). Now, researchers have identified a subtype of OCCC that involves inactivating mutations in the gene PPP2R1A and that responds well to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Read More
Researchers from Insmed Inc. presented findings on INM-901, a novel synthetic cannabinoid analogue, demonstrating its effects in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline and sensorimotor impairments, with no available treatments that effectively halt disease progression. Read More
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. have entered into an exclusive global license agreement for CSPC’s SYH-2086, a preclinical oral small-molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist and orforglipron derivative. The agreement supports Madrigal’s pipeline strategy to develop combination treatments for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Read More
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has divulged peptides acting as dual agonists of amylin receptor and calcitonin (CALCR; CT-R) receptor and its conjugates with incretin reported to be useful for the treatment of obesity.
Formation Bio Inc. has licensed worldwide rights to Imidomics Inc.’s potentially first-in-class anti-CD226 monoclonal antibody (mAb). The program has received IND clearance and will be advanced by Formation Bio in autoimmune indications, starting with ulcerative colitis. Read More
Sevenless Therapeutics Ltd. has patented son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, pain, dementia, Noonan syndrome, parkinsonism, neurofibromatosis type 1, atopic dermatitis and cholestasis, among others. Read More
Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. has described antibody-stimulating antibody conjugates (ISACs) comprising antibody targeting folate receptor α (FOLR1; FR-α) or tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TACSTD2; TROP2) covalently bound to toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and/or toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) agonist through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Characteristics of the tumor microenvironment are likely to contribute to the aggressiveness of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and the extremely poor prognosis of those who suffer it. By analyzing patterns of gene expression in cancer-associated fibroblasts from TNBC tumors, researchers in China identified the PLAU gene as a driver of aggressive phenotype. Read More
Beijing Primegene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has discovered NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of sepsis, stroke, atherosclerosis, gout, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, type I diabetes and cancer, among others. Read More
Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) comprising human monoclonal antibodies targeting zinc transporter ZIP6 (SLC39A6; LIV-1) covalently linked to cytotoxic drugs through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductase 1 (ERO1) has traditionally been associated with proper protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum, but it has recently been linked to platelet activation and aggregation in arterial thrombosis and ischemic stroke. Read More
