Voyager Therapeutics Inc. has announced the selection of a lead development candidate from its Friedreich’s ataxia program with collaborator Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.
Open Source Therapeutics has patented new aromatic substituent-containing (hetero) aryl-imidazole compounds acting as bifunctional epoxide hydrolase 2 (EPHX2; sEH) inhibitors.
Enveric Biosciences Inc. has announced the discovery of multiple, promising novel compounds sourced using the company’s Psybrary platform and proprietary computational chemistry and artificial intelligence (AI) drug-discovery system (Psyai).
Cannabinoid CB2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonists have emerged as therapeutic options for their antidepressive and anxiolytic properties, apart from being linked to synergistic antinociceptive activity when used in combination in animal tests.
The company has developed a method of transplantation of human hematopoietic stem cells that allows their engraftment and differentiation into microglial cells.
The biological processes giving rise to the central nervous system symptoms of long COVID remain a mystery. But multiple studies suggest they do not appear to be a result of a direct viral infection of brain tissue. The latest such research, which appeared online in Nature Neuroscience on Feb. 16, 2024, demonstrated that local immune response in brain tissues persisted long after SARS-CoV-2 virus had disappeared.
Nanjing Tian Yin Jian Hua Pharma Tech Co. Ltd. has disclosed receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors acting as necroptosis inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
Researchers from Mercer University have presented a middle cerebral artery/ferric chloride (MCA/FeCl3) thromboembolic mouse model of COVID-19-induced stroke and cerebrovascular complications.