Researchers at Sorbonne Paris have discovered that a membrane protein in adipocytes of obese mice and humans changes the lipid composition of adipose tissue macrophages rendering them more inflammatory and reducing insulin resistance.
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British drug discovery specialist BenevolentAI Ltd has licenced its end-to-end AI platform capabilities to Merck KGaA to deliver novel drug candidates for three targets in oncology, neurology and immunology.
Mysthera Therapeutics AG has launched in Basel with $3.5m in seed funding from founding investor Forty51 Ventures. The capital will be used to advance its preclinical portfolio in a variety of autoimmune indications. The focus is on pan-PIM kinase inhibitors that uniquely modulate multilineage immune cell functions.
Tay Therapeutics Ltd announces licencing of its oral BET blocker TayB2 to VYNE Therapeutics Inc as a treatment for immuno-inflammatory and fibrotic disorders.
EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals ehf got the green light for a Phase IIa COPD trial with its non-anbibiotic macrolide EP395