FFA1 and FFA4 receptor agonists disclosed in Dartmouth College patent

Oct. 29, 2024

Dartmouth College has divulged fatty acid mimetics acting as free fatty acid FFA1 receptor (GPR40) and/or FFA4 receptor (GPR120) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Enhanced Cognition: Lewy body dementia phase II pumps stock

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Investors will get more details during the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference in Amsterdam late next month, but Wall Street is already buzzing about...

Second insulin receptor offers new therapeutic avenues

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Investigators at the Helmholtz Institute have shown that inceptor, an inhibitor of the insulin signaling pathway, acted by binding insulin and targeting it for...

Experimental mRNA gene therapy suppresses preeclampsia in mice

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A gene therapy based on an enhanced lipid nanoparticle (LNP) loaded with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA could be developed for the treatment of...