Vivet Therapeutics SAS has been awarded financing of €4.9 million (US$5.3 million) from the French government to advance the development of a gene therapy for the treatment of the neurodegenerative disease cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX).
Perioperative neurocognitive disorders (PNDs) refer to a variety of cognitive abnormalities mainly experienced by elderly patients after anesthesia procedures and include cognitive impairment and disorientation linked to oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a neurotrophic hormone that regulates microglia-mediated neuroinflammation, may represent a therapeutic target in this context.
Vect-Horus SAS has entered into a license agreement providing Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a worldwide, exclusive license for a specified number of targets using Vect-Horus’ platform technology Vectrans for systemic delivery of RNA-targeted therapeutics that can cross the blood-brain barrier and address targets in the central nervous system.
Vaxxinity Inc. has announced a research collaboration with the University of Florida’s (UF) Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) to support its work on the development of vaccines for neurodegenerative diseases.
Researchers from Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College have discovered novel selective Kv2.1 inhibitors as potential therapeutic candidates for the treatment of ischemic stroke.
Acurastem Inc. has raised nearly $7 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to advance research in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.
Investigators have identified five cases of so-called iatrogenic Alzheimer’s disease (AD), that is, AD that was acquired as a result of undergoing medical procedures. A team led by University College London scientists reported their findings online in Nature Medicine on Jan. 29, 2024.
Although esketamine, the S-isomer of ketamine, has been approved for treatment-resistant depression, limitations such as dissociative and sedative effects or poor oral bioavailability restrict its use to parenteral dosing and supervised administration.
Ractigen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has entered into a formal collaboration with University Medical Center Utrecht, affiliated with Utrecht University, to advance the development of small activating RNA (saRNA)-based treatments for a spectrum of intractable neurodevelopmental disorders.
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