Absstract of: US20260259230A1
0000 The present invention relates to a splice variant of a CERT1 protein that acts as a biomarker for a TDP-43 pathology. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for identifying a splice variant of CERT1 comprising a cryptic peptide sequence, and to related methods of identifying a TDP-43 pathology and/or reduced TDP-43 function in a subject.
Absstract of: US20260258105A1
0000 The disclosure relates to the engineering of IL-35 cytokine polypeptides to achieve improved therapies for inflammatory diseases and conditions. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the polypeptide comprises one or more amino acid substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the one or more amino acid substitutions comprise K23, R74, R195, R197, or combinations thereof. Further aspects relate to a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the polypeptide comprises one or more amino acid substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the one or more amino acid substitutions comprise C74. Further aspects relate to a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:6, wherein the polypeptide comprises one or more amino acid substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO:6, wherein the one or more amino acid substitutions comprise C34.
Absstract of: US20260259227A1
0000 Provided herein are methods for determining whether a disorder is susceptible to treatment with a plasma kallikrein inhibitor and methods for identifying a subject as a candidate for treatment with a plasma kallikrein inhibitor. Provided herein are methods of identifying a subject as having or being at risk for a disorder and methods of treating a disorder in a subject. Also provided herein are methods of evaluating effectiveness of a treatment in a subject.
Absstract of: US20260256717A1
In alternative embodiments, provided are drugs and companion diagnostics, or therapeutic drug combinations and a companion diagnostic comprising a dried blood spot or a volumetric dried blood spot, or an at-home high-volume liquid blood, collection device, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for using them. In alternative embodiments, provided are novel methods for dosaging therapeutic drug compositions. In alternative embodiments, provided are artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled therapeutic drug compositions (bMEDs™), including bMEDs™ amifampridine for Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS), bMEDs™ deflazacort to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), bMEDs™ propranolol for Infantile Hemangioma, bMEDs™ serabelisib for PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS), bMEDs™ sirolimus for Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon (“KHE w/KMP”), bMED™ everolimus for TSC-associated epilepsy, TSC-associated SEGA, TSC-associated renal angiomyolipoma, breast cancer, pNET, renal cancer, or allograph organ rejection prophylaxis, and bMEDs™ for rare diseases as provided herein.
Absstract of: WO2025179149A1
Provided herein are methods and systems for diagnosing pathological conditions using machine learning and artificial intelligence models. An exemplary method can include loading an abundance matrix that represents mass spectrometry reads of a sample of a plurality of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) extracted from a biological sample. The abundance matrix can represent each of the plurality of VOCs in a mass-to-charge ratio dimension, an abundance dimension, and a retention time dimension. The method can include providing the abundance matrix to a machine-learning model. The machine- learning model can be trained on abundance matrixes of biomarkers of VOCs collected from healthy and diseased subjects. The method can include receiving, from the machine-learning model, a prediction of a state of a disease state.
Absstract of: US20260259204A1
Described herein are biosensor microarrays comprising detector polypeptide monolayers substantially free of contaminants. Also provided are methods for generation of such biosensor microarrays by capture of polypeptides by arrays comprising capture moieties and associated sensors.
Absstract of: WO2025179269A1
The disclosure provides a therapeutic composition comprising pooled, culture-expanded human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hucMSCs) derived from at least four and up to twelve donors, which can be reproduced with batch to batch consistency. These cells exhibit consistent marker expression profiles, enhanced and consistent secretion of therapeutic factors, and potent immunomodulatory activities after at least ten to thirty population doublings. The composition, formulated with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, is designed for clinical applications addressing inflammatory, immune, and degenerative conditions.
Absstract of: MX2026005029A
The invention relates to methods for testing the effects of elevated heavy metal levels on the efficacy of an active compound for cancer treatment. The invention further relates to methods of producing a test model having elevated heavy metal accumulation, to the resulting test models, and to the use thereof.
Absstract of: WO2026183555A1
Methods of treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject in need thereof are provided. Exemplary methods include providing a biological sample from the subject; measuring an NfL530 peptide concentration in the biological sample; measuring at least one of an NfL284 peptide concentration and an NfL101 peptide concentration in the biological sample; determining at least one of an NfL530/NfL284 ratio and an NfL530/NfL101 ratio; and treating the subject based on the determined NfL530/NfL284 and/or NfL530/NfL101 ratio. In some embodiments, the biological sample is selected from whole blood, plasma, and cerebrospinal fluid. In some embodiments, the subject is determined to have ALS based on the determined NfL530/NfL284 and/or NfL530/NfL101 ratio.
Absstract of: US20260259219A1
Provided is a method for measuring proteomic cysteine redox status in a sample obtained from a bodily fluid of a subject, the method comprising: (i) providing said sample, wherein the sample comprises a plurality of different proteins that comprise cysteine residues, a proportion of which are in reduced form and a proportion of which are in reversibly oxidised form; (ii) contacting the sample with a first label that selectively labels the reduced cysteine thiols of the plurality of different proteins; (iii) contacting the sample with a reducing agent that reduces the reversibly oxidised cysteine residues to form reduced cysteine thiols; (iv) contacting the sample with a second label that labels the reduced cysteine thiols formed in step (iii), wherein the second label is distinguishable from the first label by mass spectrometry, (v) processing the sample for analysis by mass spectrometry; and (vi) analysing the sample by mass spectrometry to measure at least the relative abundance of identified peptides labelled with the first label and corresponding identified peptides labelled with the second label, thereby providing a measure of the proteomic cysteine redox status of the sample. The invention also provides related methods for biomarker discovery and for predicting presence of a liver disease and/or cancer, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a subject.
Absstract of: US20260258354A1
The present invention relates to a method for generating a microglia-sufficient brain organoid comprising the step of incubating primitive-like macrophage cells with a brain organoid that is between about 15 to about 30 days old in cerebral organoid medium comprising CSF-1 in a low attachment cell culture vessel to generate microglia cells. The present invention also relates to a microglia-sufficient brain organoid obtained by the method as described herein.
Absstract of: WO2026181008A1
The invention provides methods of assessing abundance of GABAergic somatostatin positive interneurons (SST+ cells) in living brain tissue of a subject by calculating a polygenic risk score using genomic variants of genes co-expressed with SST mRNA and their cis expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTLs); or where the genomic variants associated with SST+ cell abundance are variants directly associated with inter-individual variability in SST cell type proportions estimated from bulk RNA-seq data. Also provided are related diagnostic methods.
Absstract of: WO2026183240A1
The presently described and claimed technology relates to high-throughput automated methods for detecting brain derived tau (BD-tau) in a biological sample using an immunoassay analyzer.
Absstract of: US20260258472A1
Disclosed herein are methods for detecting the presence of at least one misfolded form of human Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1) in a biological sample obtained from a human subject. In some aspects, the subject is suspected of having, or has, one or more neurodegenerative diseases, such as, for example, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or Alzheimer's disease.
Absstract of: US20260259229A1
A common molecular signature of elevated oxidative stress is detected in blood samples from individuals with fatigue syndromes, including LC, ME-CFS, and lupus patients reporting fatigue. Analysis can be performed with one or more of flow cytometry, bulk RNA-seq analysis, mass spectrometry, and systems chemistry analysis. Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) were found, as well as differences in glutathione ROS clearance pathways and markers of oxidative damage.
Absstract of: US20260258118A1
0000 The present invention relates to a method for detecting markers of fibroblast activation in a patient by sandwich immunoassay to identify patients, particularly cancer patients who would benefit from anti-TGFβI therapy. The markers of fibroblast activation may be selected from the N-terminal pro-peptide of Collagen III (Pro-C3), the N-terminal pro-peptide of Collagen VI (Pro-C6), the N-terminal pro-peptide of Collagen I (Pro-C1) and/or an internal sequence in the N-terminal region of type 3 collagen (P3NP). The invention also provides an anti-TGFβI therapy for use in the treatment of cancer and/or fibrosis.
Absstract of: US20260256858A1
0000 Disclosed herein are processes for extracting muscimol from Amanita mushrooms, and more particularly, from Amanita muscaria, including processes that increase muscimol content and decrease ibotenic acid content, and further including improved processes that produce extract at scale, such as at kilogram scale. In some aspects are methods for selecting Amanita mushroom biomass suitable for the disclosed extraction methods, so as to produce extracts and products that are safe and beneficial for human use. Also disclosed are numerous compositions and formulations made with disclosed extracts, including beverage formulations, having a variety of improvements and advantages over previously known products made from Amanita muscaria.
Absstract of: US20260259202A1
0000 Proper functioning of the human body relies on the organization of cells in 3D space. A cell's function and fate are determined by its biomolecule composition and 3D environment. The spatial identification of proteins, RNAs, DNAs, and other biomolecules in a tissue thus provides a powerful map to decipher how cells build tissues and become diseased. Thus, described herein are methods and compositions for assessing biomolecule identity (the present invention features methods and compositions for assessing biomolecule identity (e.g., genes (DNA, RNA), DNA and RNA modifications, proteins, protein modifications, lipids, sugars, metals), and abundance (e.g., RNA expression levels, protein translation levels) in a 3D tissue sample.
Absstract of: US20260258495A1
The present invention relates to a biomarker for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and a use thereof, and more particularly, the present invention relates to: a biomarker composition for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, the biomarker composition comprising one or more genes selected from the group consisting of alpha-2-macroglobulin (A2M), creatine kinase M-type (CKM), filamin-A (FLNA), integral alpha-IIb (ITGA2B), alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 2 (ORM2), phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP), haptoglobin (HP), sulfhydryl oxidase 1 (QSOX1), protein-glutamine gamma-glutamyltransferase 2 (TGM2), filamin C (FLNC), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and lysomal alpha-mannosidase (MAN2B1), or a protein expressed from the genes; a method for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; a diagnostic kit for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; and a method for providing information for predicting and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.
Absstract of: CN122162053A
The present application relates to methods for quantifying citrullination and methods that can be used to assess the activity of agents including, for example, PAD4 (peptidyl arginine deiminase 4) modulators, such as small molecules or antibodies. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise assessing citrullination of one or more citrullination sites on a protein or peptide fragment thereof present in a biological sample.
Absstract of: WO2025090763A1
Methods, kits and compositions of detecting analytes, typically analytes relevant to neurodegenerative diseases such as neurofilament light chain, in a sample are described herein using chemiluminescent labels. Solid supports, reagents, and compounds for use in these methods are also described. Typically, the methods involve specific assay formats which provide the requisite high resolution for detecting low concentrations of analytes in samples and may be used in positions of the healthcare ecosystem close to the patient. These methods, systems, and apparatuses may afford early detection and prognosis of a wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis.
Absstract of: WO2025122947A1
Aspects of the disclosure include methods of monitoring and/or prognosing an adoptive cell therapy in a subject, comprising determining a level of endogenous SCF in a biological sample from the subject, in which the detection of a presence, absence, and/or amount of endogenous SCF is informative of the in vivo activation and/or expansion of the adoptive immune cells, the anti-tumor effect of the adoptive cell therapy, and/or the need for a treatment modification and/or extension. The disclosure also provides a method of treating a disease by administering at least one c-kit agonist (e.g., SCF) simultaneously or sequentially with an adoptive cell therapy.
Absstract of: AU2024293997A1
A machine learning model can be trained to predict brain tau or amyloid β status of a patient using, at least in part, biomarker data of the patient. The brain tau or amyloid β status can include one or more continuous-valued brain tau or amyloid β levels and/or concern brain tau or amyloid β levels in multiple regions of the brain of the patient. A prediction of brain tau or amyloid β status of the patient can be generated by applying the subject data of the patient to the machine learning model. The operations can further include providing the prediction of brain tau or amyloid β status of the patient. The machine learning model be used in selection of patients for treatment with an anti-tau therapy and/or an anti-amyloid therapy, in treatment of patients having or suspected of having Alzheimer's Disease (AD), or in monitoring of AD treatment efficacy.
Absstract of: WO2025026904A1
The present invention relates to a microscopy method for obtaining a high-resolution image of a biological sample comprising a substance to be analyzed, wherein an image sequence is obtained by expansion microscopy comprising the steps: g. providing a biological sample, h. mixing said biological sample with a swellable material and forming bonds, preferably covalent bonds, between said substance to be analyzed and the swellable material, thereby forming a mixture, i. fragmenting said substance to be analyzed, j- expanding the mixture comprising said swellable material and said fragmented substance to be analyzed, k. staining the sample either before or after steps (a), (b), (c), or (d) and imaging the obtained mixture under an optical microscope equipped with a camera or a resonant scanner. It also refers to compounds and stabilization chambers for use in such a method.
Nº publicación: JP2026529682A 01/09/2026
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Absstract of: WO2025042785A1
Provided herein are compositions and methods for reducing levels of at least one biomarker in a subject. The at least one biomarker may include p75ECD, PGE-MUM, or both. In some cases, the compositions and methods provided herein involve administering to a subject an amount of a 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) inhibitor effective to reduce levels of the at least one biomarker in the subject.