Peptide News Digest

#Precision-Oncology

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20n Bio Closes US$7.5M Seed+ (May 20) for AI-Enabled Cyclic Peptide Discovery Platform, Pairs With Lannacheng on Radionuclide Drug Conjugate Pipeline

20n Bio announced a $7.5 million Seed+ round May 20 led by a strategic industry investor with participation from a London-based life-sciences VC. Proceeds advance the company's high-throughput cyclic peptide platform — which screens libraries of up to 10 trillion sequences — and integrate AI into the discovery workflow. 20n is a Bayer Co.Lab resident and has a January 2026 long-term partnership with Yantai Lannacheng Biotechnology to develop next-generation radionuclide drug conjugates, leveraging Lannacheng's clinical translation and manufacturing for precision oncology programs.

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AACR 2026 Opening Plenary: Carl June on CAR-T Solid Tumor Progress, Regina Barzilay on AI, Charles Sawyers on Precision Oncology

The AACR 2026 Opening Plenary Session — 'Precision, Partnership, Purpose: Advancing Cancer Science to Save Lives Globally' — runs Sunday April 19, 9:30-11:30 a.m. PT. Cochaired by Paul Mischel (Stanford) and Alice Shaw (Dana-Farber), speakers include Carl June (Penn, armored CAR-T for solid tumors, glioblastoma), Georg Winter (AITHYRA), Regina Barzilay (MIT), and Charles Sawyers (MSK). The program sets the tone for a meeting in which peptide-based modalities, ADCs, and PDCs are taking center stage.