Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a median survival of 2 to 5 years. There are 3 FDA-approved drugs for ALS (riluzole, edaravone and Relyvrio [phenylbuturate/taurursodiol]), but they only lead to modest benefit. There are several pathways involved in the disease, but all of them lead to neuroinflammation.
The use of latency reversing agents is useful for reducing the HIV reservoir, but their effect on infected cells isolated from untreated people with HIV is still unknown.
At this week’s ACS meeting in New Orleans, Fimbrion Therapeutics Inc. presented the rational design of a different series of small-molecule biaryl O- and C-linked mannoside-based inhibitors of the virulence factor FimH, as potential agents for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Medical Korea 2024 opened to a large audience in Seoul, South Korea for a two-day run to highlight advances in the medical field, including those in radiotherapy.
Recent studies have identified HAVCR2, which encodes immune checkpoint molecule TIM-3 (T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 3), as a risk gene for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Preclinical data were recently presented for VIO-01 (Valerio Therapeutics SA), a first-in-class pan-DNA damage response (DDR) decoy being developed for the treatment of cancer.
Kv1.3 is a voltage-gated potassium channel that plays a crucial role in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease and other disorders. Preclinical studies have shown that Kv1.3 inhibition confers neuroprotection against neurodegenerative disorders.
Acetaminophen overdose is still a major cause of liver toxicity (acute liver failure, ALI) in Western countries. It occurs by accumulation of the toxic metabolite NAPQI and the subsequent mitochondrial oxidative stress mediated by pJNK translocation to the mitochondria.
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