Work at Wake Forest University has led to the development of an H2O2-responsive doxorubicin hybrid codrug able to release H2S (acting as cardioprotective agent). They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ventus Therapeutics US Inc. has disclosed oxoindolinyl amide derivatives acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune diseases, liver, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders, among others.
A Character Biosciences Inc. patent describes polypeptides acting as low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) ligands and reported to be useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Synthesis and optimization of substituted 2-amino[1,2,4]-triazolopyrimidines and related heterocycles by Wuyi University investigators has led to the identification of compound [I], and its water-soluble phosphate sodium salt prodrug, compound [II].
Trypto Therapeutics GmbH scientists have discovered novel tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) inhibitors, which are being developed for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of focal epilepsy characterized by recurrent seizures originating in the hippocampus and with sprouting of mossy fiber axons that contribute to new recurrent synaptic excitability in the dentate gyrus (DG).
Organophosphorus compounds (OPs) include several types of chemical compounds used as pesticides, herbicides or nerve agents in chemical warfare that, once in the body, act by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) functions leading to an excessive increase of acetylcholine that ultimately causes death after respiratory failure.
PGI Drug Discovery LLC, the drug discovery arm of Psychogenics Inc., has entered into an exclusive license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. to obtain global development, manufacturing and commercialization rights to RO-7117997. Psychogenics intends to evaluate RO-7117997 as a potential treatment for several psychiatric and neurological conditions.
Intracellular chloride levels are crucial for physiological brain development and correct functioning. On the other hand, aberrant expression of chloride importer NKCC1 (basolateral Na-K-Cl symporter, SLC12A2) and exporter KCC2 (K-Cl cotransporter 2, SLC12A5) is involved in neurodevelopmental and neurologic conditions, including mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), among others, leading to an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory signals.
Ebviously GmbH, a spin-off from Helmholtz Munich (HMGU), has presented new in vitro data for its Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) vaccine candidate EBV-001. Based on noninfectious virus-like particles (VLPs) derived from EBV, EBV-001 is designed as a highly immunogenic, multiantigen vaccine to prevent EBV-associated diseases, such as infectious mononucleosis.