Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. has reported data from nonhuman primate (NHP) studies showing the potential of its proprietary AAV capsid variant, STAC-BBB, as a neurotropic capsid when administered intravenously at clinically relevant doses. STAC-BBB outperformed results for other evaluated neurotropic capsid variants.
Advances in understanding the processes underlying brain neurodegeneration have allowed lots of new treatment and prevention strategies to begin to flourish. Several presentations at the 2024 Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases Conference recently held in Lisbon reflect that eyes are now on some individuals who, despite showing pathological signs in their brains, stay cognitively healthy across several endogenous mechanisms of resilience.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals LLC has described molecular glue degraders comprising DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 15 (DCAF15) and RNA-binding protein 39 (RBM39) protein acting as RBM39 degradation inducers and RBM39/DCAF15 interaction inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.
Agenebio Inc. has identified benzodiazepine derivatives acting as GABA(A) receptor subunits α5β3γ2 (GABRA5) positive allosteric modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress, autism, substance abuse and dependence, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Beijing Neox Biotech Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon (CRBN)-targeting moiety covalently bound to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
In a new study, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Regulus Therapeutics Inc. further investigated the role of miR-155 in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Researchers from Henan University and affiliated organizations disclosed the discovery of new bis-substituted aromatic amides as potent antibiotic agents.
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