Ovarian cancer is ordinarily associated with poor survival; patients diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) have an overall survival of about 40% at 5 years and 15% at 10 years. Despite having similar histologic features, HGSC patients often experience highly variable outcomes and the underlying determinants for long-term survival (LTS) are largely unknown. In a study published online in Nature Genetics, a multi-institutional group of researchers tried to determine the molecular differences that drive LTS in patients with HGSC.
NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy has emerged as an anticancer treatment approach and is currently being tested in clinical trials. KIR2DL5, a member of the human killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) family, has recently been identified as a binding partner for poliovirus receptor (PVR). However, the biology and therapeutic potential of the KIR2DL5/PVR pathway remain widely unexplored.
Researchers from Jecho Laboratories Inc. and Shanghai Jiao Tong University reported the discovery of a novel anti-PD-L1/CXCR4 bispecific nanobody, BsNb PX-4, being developed for the treatment of cancer.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has received IND approval from the FDA for a phase I study in the U.S. of its antibody-drug conjugate CPO-204 in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.
Sotio Biotech AS has exercised its first of five exclusive, target-specific options with Legochem Biosciences Inc. for antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) SOT-106, which is currently being evaluated in preclinical studies in multiple solid tumor indications.
Point Biopharma Global Inc. has released new preclinical data from its pan-cancer fibroblast activation protein-α (FAP-α) targeted program, PNT-2004. The preclinical study focused on assessing the potential of the lead candidate in the PNT-2004 clinical program, [177Lu]PNT-6555, in combination with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) immunotherapy.
Context Therapeutics Inc. has selected CTIM-76, a T cell-engaging bispecific antibody, as its lead clinical development candidate to target Claudin-6 (CLDN6)-positive cancers. Resulting from a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Integral Molecular Inc., CTIM-76 is a CLDN6 x CD3 bispecific antibody that incorporates a highly selective CLDN6 binding arm and a CD3 binding single-chain Fv domain in an IgG format with a silenced Fc that is designed to be functionally monovalent to avoid aberrant T-cell activation and to enhance the safety profile.
Does cancer cause autoimmune disease or is it the other way around? In looking at the question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia found that a genetic mutation that alters immune cells in leukemia is behind certain autoimmune disorders.
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