The first patenting from San Francisco-based Ananya Health Inc. describes its development of a closed-loop cryoablation platform to freeze abnormal cells before they become cervical cancer. The company’s device achieves ablative temperatures without consumable gas, making the procedure portable, battery-powered, and ten times cheaper than traditional cryoablation.
Alterome Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed RAC-α serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1; PKBα) (E17K mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Rgenta Therapeutics Inc. has presented their work on the discovery and development of RGT-61159, a potential first-in-class oral inhibitor of the oncogenic transcription factor c-MYB.
The c-MYB oncogene plays an important role in hematopoietic cell differentiation and proliferation. Dysregulation of MYB downstream effector signaling is thought to be behind these abnormalities by modulation of genes such as BCL2, MYC or FLT3, and as such an attractive therapeutic target for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Sonnet Biotherapeutics Holdings Inc. has announced the generation and in vitro characterization of two novel drug candidates, SON-1411 (IL18BPR-FHAB-IL12) and SON-1400 (IL18BPR-FHAB), each containing a modified version of recombinant human interleukin (IL)-18 (IL-18 binding protein resistant [IL-18BPR]).
Indupro Inc. has announced a $85 million series A financing to support its work on precisely defining the spatial proximity of proteins on the surface of cells with high therapeutic potential across a broad range of indications and applications, including for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) can only be cured, to date, using allogeneic stem cell transplantation which, in turn, only works for up to 20% of patients. As calreticulin (CALR) frameshift mutations are the second most common cause of MPNs, targeting this endoplasmic reticulum resident protein is one of the strategies emerging at the forefront of hematological malignancies research.
Urogen Pharma Ltd. shares (NASDAQ:URGN) closed June 13 at $17.50, up $4.78, or 37%, on word of an 82.3% 12-month duration of response data by Kaplan-Meier estimate from its phase III Envision study with UGN-102. The finding was made in in low-grade, intermediate-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients who achieved complete response at three months after the first instillation of the drug for intravesical solution.
Avenda Health Inc. said the findings of a new study published in The Journal of Urology demonstrate the ability of artificial intelligence to accurately identify cancer in oncology imaging and diagnostics.