At last week’s ASGCT meeting, Adicet Bio Inc. presented a new CAR T-cell therapy, ADI-270, for the treatment of CD70-expressing tumors. ADI-270 uses CD27 as the binding domain and 4-1BB co-stimulatory domains plus CD3.
A Tisento Therapeutics Inc. patent describes new soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, vascular dementia, ischemic stroke, Leigh syndrome, Pearson syndrome, creatine deficiency syndrome and Alpers syndrome, among others.
Aurigene Oncology Ltd. has disclosed new bicyclic heteroaryl compounds acting as membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has identified alkylamine-containing small-molecule B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6) degradation inducers potentially useful for the treatment of lymphoma.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. has patented new Kir6.2/SUR1 activators reported to be useful for the treatment of disorders of sexual function, hyperinsulinemia, cancer, genitourinary, neurological and cardiovascular disorders.
Researchers from Tokyo Medical University presented data from a study that assessed microRNA (miRNA) profiles in extracellular vesicles (EVs) isolated from vitreous humor and serum of patients with ocular sarcoidosis and vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL).
By isolating a single clone from human isolates, researchers from the National Taiwan University College of Medicine aimed to enhance the immunogenicity of the Zika virus (ZIKV).
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $5 million grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to support research aimed at developing new immunotherapies for different types of blood-based cancers.
Eluminex Biosciences Ltd. has presented results from preclinical studies of EB-105, a humanized trispecific antibody targeting IL-6 receptor (IL-6R), vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema.