Chronic kidney disease (CKD) during diabetes may manifest several phenotypes, including diabetic nephropathy (DN), nondiabetic renal disease (NDRD) or a mixed form.
Researchers from Purespring Therapeutics Ltd. and affiliated organizations have presented preclinical data for the adeno-associated vector (AAV) gene therapy PS-001 for the treatment of glomerular disease.
Researchers from Australis Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. have presented preclinical data for the microtubule-destabilizing agent AUS-001, which is being evaluated in models of glioblastoma (GBM).
It is known that an abnormal activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is involved in tumor formation and progression, where MEK1 and MEK2 are the key proteins involved in this pathway. At the ongoing ASCO meeting in Chicago, Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. presented data on PAS-004, a macrocyclic MEK inhibitor for the potential treatment of cancer.
A team led by Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC) has developed a novel antibiotic named lolamicin that was specific for gram-negative bacteria but did not harm the gut microbiome composition in mouse models.
Meliora Therapeutics Inc. has patented cyclin-dependent kinase 11 (CDK11) inhibitors and apoptosis inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer and melanoma.
The Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Vigonvita Life Sciences Co. Ltd. and the Wuhan Institute of Virology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have divulged 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19).
Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. has described dual NAD+ ADP-ribosyltransferase (poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; PARP) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Ewing sarcoma.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has disclosed diacylglycerol acyltransferase type 2 (DGAT2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, fibrosis, heart failure, hepatic steatosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia and obesity, among others.
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