Oncobone Ventures Ltd. and Origenis GmbH have signed a framework agreement to develop novel therapies targeting cancer bone metastasis. Origenis leverages its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology platform Molmind-Moresystem-Brainstorm to design innovative targeted small-molecule therapies.
The abscopal effect occurs when therapy leads to the regression of metastases distant from the target tumor. In the current study, researchers from INSERM aimed to evaluate the abscopal effect potentially inducted by the use the targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) candidate, [131I]ICF-01012, which has been previously shown to target only pigmented metastases.
Breast cancer cells, when disseminated to other secondary organs such as the lungs, may stay in a dormant state for years, even decades. But the mechanisms that limit their expansion are not well understood. This is what researchers call a dormant mesenchymal-like phenotype before metastasis to the lungs. Now, scientists have shown in a study published Oct. 7, 2024, in Cell, that the limiting of disseminated breast cancer cells (DCCs) to metastasize in the lungs is due to alveolar macrophages, which activate signals that make DCCs stay dormant.
Breast cancer cells, when disseminated to other secondary organs such as the lungs, may stay in a dormant state for years, even decades. But the mechanisms that limit their expansion are not well understood. This is what researchers call a dormant mesenchymal-like phenotype (M-like) before metastasis to the lungs. Now, scientists have shown in a study published Oct. 7, 2024, in Cell, that the limiting of disseminated breast cancer cells (DCCs) to metastasize in the lungs is due to alveolar macrophages (AMs), which activate signals that make DCCs stay dormant.
Zymedi Co. Ltd. has disclosed lysyl-tRNA synthetase (KARS)/laminin receptor (LR) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer metastasis, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disorders, fibrosis and cardiovascular disorders.
Researchers at Rockefeller University have identified a signaling loop between breast cancer cells and sensory neurons that promoted tumor metastasis, and showed that in animal models, treatment with the approved anti-nausea medication aprepitant could disrupt that loop.
Researchers from Northeast Normal University in Changchun demonstrated that compound AW-01178 reversed the abnormal regulation of E-cadherin by inhibiting the class I HDAC enzyme.
Not all cancer cells that detach from the primary tumor and embark on a journey to another organ colonize it. To establish themselves, cells need specific conditions. Scientists at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) explored this hypothesis in the liver and identified a protein involved in metastatic transformation. Blocking it prevented liver metastasis. Their findings may have applications in other organs and various types of cancers.
Breast cancer is the leading cancer malignancy in women and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is among the most aggressive types as it is insensitive to endocrine and HER2-targeted therapy because it lacks all three hormonal receptors.
