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Silexion Therapeutics Completes Comprehensive Preclinical Study Assessing SIL204's Therapeutic Potential Across Multiple Cancer Types Beyond Pancreatic Cancer

Benzinga·05/21/2025 12:46:57
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Silexion Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:SLXN) ("Silexion" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotech company developing RNA interference (RNAi) therapies for KRAS-driven cancers, today announced the completion of a comprehensive preclinical study assessing SIL204's therapeutic potential across multiple cancer types beyond pancreatic cancer. The Company is currently finalizing its analysis of the data and expects to announce comprehensive results within the next few days.

The now-completed studies evaluated SIL204, the Company's next-generation RNAi therapeutic candidate, in multiple cancer cell lines harboring KRAS mutations: GP2D (colorectal cancer), A427 (lung cancer), and Panc-1 (pancreatic cancer). These cancer types were strategically selected based on their high prevalence of KRAS mutations and significant unmet medical needs.

KRAS mutations are among the most common oncogenic drivers in human cancers, occurring in roughly 90% of pancreatic cancers, about 45% of colorectal cancers, and around 35% of non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancers. Together, these three indications underpin global treatment markets already worth well over US $30 billion a year1, yet most KRAS variants remain difficult to drug with small-molecule or antibody approaches—underscoring the potential significance of Silexion's RNAi-based strategy.