Cadrenal Therapeutics Highlights Recent Scientific Findings Demonstrating Potential Of 12-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor, CAD-1005, To Target Inflammatory Consequences Of Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes
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Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVKD), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments for life-threatening immune and thrombotic conditions, today highlighted recent scientific findings demonstrating
Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVKD), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments for life-threatening immune and thrombotic conditions, today highlighted recent scientific findings demonstrating the potential of its first-in-class 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) inhibitor, CAD-1005, to target inflammatory consequences of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
The study builds on prior animal research showing that inhibiting 12-LOX with CAD-1005 delays the onset of autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice. The findings highlight 12-LOX as a key factor in obesity-associated inflammation and suggest that 12-LOX inhibition could be a therapeutic strategy to improve glucose homeostasis and peripheral inflammation in the setting of obesity and type 2 diabetes.