A group of scientists from Harvard University have observed and reconstructed the human brain at the resolution of the electron microscope, with all its cells, following all the connections between its neurons around a cubic millimeter of a tissue sample. They took 10 years and the data occupies 1.4 petabytes (1,400 terabytes). However, they are already planning a bigger project.
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described orydalmine derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, depression, and substance abuse and dependence.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily C member 1 (Kv3.1; KCNC1) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
4M Therapeutics Inc. has announced the presentation of preclinical data on its small-molecule glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) inhibitors in models of bipolar disorder.
Macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R) is a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor expressed in brain microglia, and mutations in the CSF1R gene have been linked to adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP).
A Tisento Therapeutics Inc. patent describes new soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, vascular dementia, ischemic stroke, Leigh syndrome, Pearson syndrome, creatine deficiency syndrome and Alpers syndrome, among others.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has synthesized macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R; CD115; c-Fms) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, macular degeneration, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
Avicenna Biosciences Inc. has introduced an extension to its machine learning (ML) technology platform to enhance medicinal chemistry and expedite clinical-stage drug discovery.
B&A Oncomedical SAS has synthesized solute carrier family 12 member 2 (SLC12A2; NKCC1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, schizophrenia, autistic spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, Rett syndrome, Down syndrome, Parkinson’s disease and temporal lobe epilepsy, among others.