January 13, 2025

Targeting senescent cancer cells

Focus on elimination of senescent cancer cells. Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute just reported in PNAS that SLC25A23 (involved in mitochondrial transmembrane transport) is a […]
December 23, 2024

HIV drug is Breakthrough of the Year

Science’s 2024 “Breakthrough of the Year” is Gilead’s drug Lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 […]
December 19, 2024

ALK inhibitor FDA approval

Focus on Drug Approvals. This week the FDA approved Ensartinib for ALK-positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Ensartinib is a potent and specific […]
November 26, 2024

Epigenetic drug approval

Focus on Drug Approvals. The FDA has approved Syndax Pharmaceuticals’ Revumenib (SNDX-5613, inhibitor of menin-KMT2A interaction) for relapsed or refractory acute leukemia with lysine methyltransferase 2A […]
November 19, 2024

Coffee and Parkinson’s

Is coffee good for your brain? N-Eicosanoyl-serotonin (EHT), a novel natural product found in coffee, has been shown to have a protective effect in models of […]
November 19, 2024

Novel treatment for T-cell lymphoma

Focus on Drug Discovery. A biopharmaceutical company called Soligenix is developing the natural product hypericin as a treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Hypericin, applied as a […]
November 5, 2024

Rocaglamide for HIV-1

Journal Club. Paul Rosenfeld and coworkers at the University of Toronto recently reported in the journal Viruses that Rocaglamide, a structurally novel natural product, inhibits HIV-1 […]
September 5, 2024

Postdoc appreciation discount!

Postdocs, we appreciate you! And to show our appreciation, Focus Biomolecules is offering 20% off our products. Click here to get the discount code.
August 22, 2024

Cellular metabolism research

The journal Cell is celebrating 50 years of metabolism research with a special Focus on Metabolism, illustrating its importance in so many processes and diseases.   […]