Alanine-serine-cysteine transporter 2 (ASCT2) is a glutamine (Gln) transporter that is required for cell proliferation and is overexpressed in tumors such as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Researchers from China Pharmaceutical University have reported on the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel series of ASCT2 inhibitors that led to the identification two lead compounds.
Since its founding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the scientists of the All of Us Research Program have set the goal to analyze the largest diversity of the genomic population in the country and end the under-representation of its different groups. The project has expanded the vision of several pathologies, discovered thousands of new genetic variants, redefined the risk genes for common diseases, and stratified them, uncovering eight different forms in the case of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Their results create a pathway for a new age of precision medicine.
Work at Beijing Earthwise Technology Co. Ltd. has led to the discovery of new protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
An Allorion Therapeutics (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. patent discloses aminoheteroaryl CDK4/cyclin D1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Celgene Corp. has identified substituted imidazopyrazine compounds characterized as interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 3 (IRAK-3; IRAK-M) ligands and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders.
Quinoxaline derivatives acting as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) and/or (E545K mutant) inhibitors have been described in a Black Diamond Therapeutics Inc. patent.
Shanghai Apeiron Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented new protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Chonnam National University presented novel a doxycycline (Doxy)-inducible gene switch system in attenuated Salmonella typhimurium, one of the bacterial strains that has been previously shown to selectively colonize and multiply in tumors, leading to oxygen deprivation, excessive nutrient leakage, and an antitumor immune response.
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).