September 8, 2022

HDAC3 Inhibition Stimulates Myelination

Robert Prior and coworkers report in a recent issue of Molecular Neurobiology that inhibition of HDAC3 with RGFP966, a highly selective HDAC3 inhibitor, stimulates myelination in […]
September 6, 2022

Canagliflozin Effects on Murine Lifespan

JM Snyder and coworkers report in the August issue of Geroscience that canagliflozin, a clinically important anti-diabetic agent, results in a 14% increase in median lifespan […]
September 1, 2022

Stem Cell Viability

Chroman 1 is an important new small molecule tool for the generation and maintenance of stem cells. An extremely potent (1 pM) inhibitor of Rho kinase […]
August 25, 2022

Epigenetics and Inflammation

In a recent paper in Cell Research, Li and coworkers explored the nuclear function of RIPK1 and demonstrated that RIPK1 phosphorylates a key component of the […]
August 12, 2022

Synthesis and Characterization of Destruxins

In the August issue of J. Antibiotics (Tokyo) Yoshida and coworkers at the University of Tsukuba reviewed their excellent work on synthesis, SAR, biology and chemical […]
August 1, 2022

Tumor immune surveillance news

Yan and coworkers have demonstrated a potential way to boost innate immune attack on solid tumors. They found that Rocaglamide, a structurally novel natural product, promoted […]
July 19, 2022

Rare enzyme activator, Mitapivat

Mitapivat is an allosteric activator of red blood cell pyruvate kinase, the enzyme that performs the final step of glycolysis: it catalyzes the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate […]
July 14, 2022

Cancer Metabolism research tools

Cancer cells modify their metabolism in order to survive and grow. For example, they employ the Warburg effect (increasing glucose uptake and directly converting it to […]
June 24, 2022

Tool for Lipid Raft Dynamics

Lipid raft dynamics regulate signaling for multiple cellular functions, such as apoptosis, proliferation, and differentiation. They reside in the plasma membrane and comprise sphingolipids, cholesterol, and […]