Entering a cell and watching its entire inner machinery at work, how DNA is copied, how proteins are assembled, or how it splits in two, has been, for decades, an impossible dream. Now, scientists at the University of Illinois have recreated everything that happens inside a cell at molecular scale in an unprecedented computational model. Syn3A is the first 4D digital cell, capable of combining time and space to simultaneously represent all the internal processes that drive the life cycle of a minimal prokaryotic organism. Read More

Newco Kyron Bio is showing its colors after sealing a research agreement with Servier SA, underpinning a claim that it has overcome one of the longest-running challenges of the biotech industry, and developing technology to precisely control the glycosylation of therapeutic proteins. Read More

Shanghai Unixell Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for UX-GIP001, its iPSC-derived allogeneic cell therapy for focal epilepsy. A phase I study will evaluate UX-GIP001 in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Read More

Akeso Inc.’s first-in-class trispecific antibody, AK-150, has received IND clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for clinical trials in patients with advanced solid tumors. Engineered using Akeso’s AI-driven drug discovery platform and its proprietary Tetrabody technology, AK-150 is a humanized anti-CSF-1R, ILT2 and ILT4 trispecific antibody that achieves multipathway blockade of both innate and adaptive immunity. Read More

An F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-la Roche Inc. patent describes prodrugs of serine/threonine-protein salt-inducible kinases (SIK) inhibitors. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, giant cell arteritis, glomerulonephritis, inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH; NASH), primary sclerosing cholangitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Read More

In a recent publication, researchers from Johnson & Johnson presented a bispecific antibody – JNJ-79032421 – targeting CD3 on T cells and the membrane-restricted, non-shed region of full-length mesothelin (MSLN) on cancer cells. Read More

Avelos Therapeutics Inc. has identified substituted triazine compounds acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Sunrise Oncology (Hong Kong) Ltd. has disclosed GTPase KRAS inhibitors in a recent patent. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

CF Pharmtech Inc. has announced IND approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for ICF-001, a long-acting inhalation powder candidate for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and related severe pulmonary diseases. Read More

Synnovation Therapeutics Inc. has discovered heterocyclic TNF-α inhibitors designed for use in the treatment of inflammatory disorders and neurodegeneration. Read More

Eisai Co. Ltd. has patented immunoconjugates comprising monoclonal antibodies targeting 5’-nucleotidase (CD73) covalently linked to cytotoxic drug. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More

Excellergy Inc. has presented data for Exl-111, an investigational allergic effector cell response inhibitor (ECRI) targeting the IgE axis that is designed to disarm allergic effector cells at the source of activation. Read More