Building on the foundation laid in 2020, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have now shown that targeting the GPI-anchored vascular enzyme TNAP can reproduce the cognitive benefits previously attributed to the liver-derived exercise factor GLPD1. Read More
Chronic migraine is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headache episodes. Recent findings have implicated microglia in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis in chronic migraine-related central sensitization. Activated microglial cells release inflammatory and neurotrophic factors that interact with the neurons involved in the process. Read More
Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. has advanced its novel endothelin ETA receptor antagonist AK-1960 into phase I in Japan for the treatment of various refractory diseases, such as chronic kidney disease. Read More
Korsana Biosciences Inc. has emerged from stealth, with its development of therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases initially focused on Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
A quarterly dynamic table featuring new molecular entities (NMEs) revealed for the first time in current literature, at congresses and in company communications during the quarter. Read More
Stoked Bio Inc. has secured an exclusive global license from McMaster University for the patents covering enterololin, a promising narrow-spectrum antibiotic. Read More
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTACs) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6)-targeting moiety through a linker. Read More
Researchers from University College London and collaborating institutions have recently published results from their study aiming to optimize gene therapy for CLN5 disease. Read More
Nonprofit Finding Hope for Frizzle (FRRS1L) and Apertura Gene Therapy have signed a license agreement for the development of a gene therapy for FRRS1L disease, also known as early infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 37, using Apertura’s CNS-targeting TfR1 CapX AAV capsid. Read More
East China Normal University and Fudan University have jointly discovered tricyclic pyrimidine compounds acting as adenosine A2A and/or A2B receptor antagonists. Read More
Tarapeutics Science Inc. has reported new pyrazolopyridine compounds acting as dual specificity protein kinase CLK and dual specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) inhibitors. Read More
Mutations in GTPase KRAS, concretely KRAS G12D, are predominant in pancreatic and colorectal cancers and targeting them is still a challenge. Researchers have published results from studies of a new KRAS G12D inhibitor, LPM-5140276, for the potential treatment of these cancer types harboring this mutation. Read More
Shanghai SIMR Biotech Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested new GABA-A receptor subunit α5 (GABRA5) inverse agonists. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
