UNIVERSITY OF BONN IMAGE: THEREBY INHIBITING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM (LEFT). CERITINIB STOPS THE FORMATION OF ADENOSINE. ATP ACCUMULATES AND ACTIVATES IMMUNE CELLS (RIGHT). CREDIT: FIGURE: LAURA SCHÄKEL/UNIVERSITY OF BONN – CREATED WITH BIORENDER.COM Many tumor cells mist themselves with a protective perfume that disables the immune system. But a drug already approved for other purposes can...
THE KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) IMAGE: SCHEMATIC OF A CHIMERIC GAS6 FUSION PROTEIN. A SINGLE CHAIN VARIABLE FRAGMENT (SCFV) OF AN AMYLOID Β (AΒ)-TARGETING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IS FUSED WITH A TRUNCATED RECEPTOR BINDING DOMAIN OF GAS6, A BRIDGING MOLECULE FOR THE CLEARANCE OF DEAD CELLS VIA TAM (TYRO3, AXL, AND MERTK)...
by Lindsey Hendrix, Texas A&M University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There’s a new drug in development that could prevent the next global pandemic. Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are testing PUL-042, an inhaled therapeutic that provides broad protection against a...
