Ratio Therapeutics Inc. has closed a $50 million series B financing to expand application of its proprietary technology platforms, Trillium and Macropa, to develop novel best-in-class radiopharmaceuticals.
Cantharidin, a natural product coming from blister beetles, has anti-proliferative activity in several cancer cell lines such as leukemia, myeloma or colon cancer cells.
Chulalongkorn University has divulged programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1; PD-1; CD279)/PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1; CD274) modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has identified IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) and/or FLT3 (FLK2/STK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease and inflammatory disorders.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized molecular glue compounds targeting protein cereblon (CRBN) acting as CRBN/target protein interaction inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers at University of Arizona and University of Dundee have disclosed dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, Down syndrome, inflammatory disorder, autoimmune and Alzheimer’s disease.
PDC*line Pharma SA has announced the selection of the PDC*neo+ project for funding by the Walloon region of Belgium and Biowin, the health cluster for Wallonia.
DNA replication stress induced by oncogenes is a known driver of chromosomal instability, which is associated with poor prognosis in several cancer types.
The combination of chemotherapy (CT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT), which combines light and a photosensitizing agents, is increasingly being used to enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments.
Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is a glycosylated and secreted protein that functions as a regulator of cell metabolism and angiogenesis, and which has been shown to play a critical role in tumorigenesis.