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ZN-A-1041 (oral HER2 inhibitor)

ZN-A-1041 (ZN-1041, RO7771950, bizrolertinib) is an oral, selective HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor from China's Zion Pharma, designed to cross the blood-brain barrier for HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases; Roche licensed worldwide rights in 2023 for up to $680 million.

Znamya

Znamya («Знамя», The Banner) is a Russian monthly literary journal published in Moscow since 1931, known for printing Tvardovsky's Vasiliy Tyorkin and still publishing today.

Znamyanka Raion

Znamyanka Raion (Знам'янський район) was a district of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, established 1923, centered on Znamianka city; abolished 18 July 2020 and merged into Kropyvnytskyi Raion.

Znanie (publishing house)

Znanie (Russian for Knowledge) was a Russian publishing house in Saint Petersburg, 1898 to 1913, led by Maxim Gorky as a center of realist literature.

ZnO thin-film transistors for flexible electronics

Zinc oxide thin-film transistors (ZnO TFTs) are field-effect transistors whose channel is a thin ZnO film deposited at low temperature on glass, plastic, or paper.

ZnZrOx solid-solution CO2 hydrogenation catalyst

ZnZrOx is a zinc oxide–zirconium oxide solid-solution catalyst that hydrogenates carbon dioxide to methanol with 86 to 91% selectivity, and serves as the oxide component of tandem oxide–zeolite catalysts making light olefins.

Zo In-sung

Zo In-sung (조인성, 趙寅成; born 1981, Seoul), South Korean actor also spelled Jo In-sung. Model debut 1998; TV hit What Happened in Bali (2004); films A Dirty Carnival, The King, Escape from Mogadishu, Smugglers (Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor 2023), Moving, and 2026's Humint, Hope, and Possible Love.

Zoa Morani

Zoa Morani (ज़ोआ मोरानी) is an Indian actress, daughter of producer Karim Morani; she assisted on Om Shanti Om, debuted in Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011), and later appeared in Taish, Dahaad, and Dange.

Zoantharia

Zoantharia (zoanthids, colonial anemones), order of Hexacorallia related to sea anemones; two tentacle rows, sand-incrusted body walls, suborders Brachycnemina and Macrocnemina, palytoxin-bearing, reef to deep-sea.

Zoarces viviparus

Zoarces viviparus, the viviparous eelpout or viviparous blenny, is a Zoarcidae fish from the White Sea to the English Channel that bears live young and serves as a Baltic and North Sea pollution bioindicator.

Zobah

Zobah, also called Aram-Zobah, was an Aramean kingdom of southern Syria, north of Damascus, which peaked under King Hadadezer and was defeated by King David of Israel in the 10th century BC.

Zobair M. Younossi

Zobair M. Younossi is an American hepatologist and outcomes researcher known for research on fatty liver disease, who joined Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2025.

Zobo (drink)

Zobo (zoborodo) is the Nigerian, Hausa-named hibiscus drink made from Hibiscus sabdariffa calyces, spiced with ginger and cloves; also called bissap, sobolo, karkade, sorrel, agua de jamaica; keeps about 24 hours unrefrigerated unless preserved.

Zoboomafoo

Zoboomafoo is an American PBS Kids preschool series (1999–2001, 65 episodes) created by Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt, and Leo Eaton, starring the talking sifaka lemur Jovian and a puppet at Animal Junction.

Zócalo

The Zócalo, officially Plaza de la Constitución, is Mexico City's main square, built over Tenochtitlan's ceremonial center beside the Templo Mayor; it hosts state ceremonies, concerts, and protests.

Zocilurtatug pelitecan

Zocilurtatug pelitecan (ZL-1310) is an investigational antibody-drug conjugate developed by Zai Lab that targets DLL3 and is in Phase 3 trials for relapsed small cell lung cancer.

ZOCX

ZOCX, previously ZOC, is a Japanese alternative idol group formed in September 2018 by singer-songwriter Seiko Oomori, who produces the group while performing as a member.

Zodacatha

Zodacatha (Zadagatta, Zodocatha, Zanaatha) was a Roman and late antique fortified settlement on the Via Nova Traiana in southern Jordan, identified with Khirbet es-Sadaqa, garrisoned by equites promoti indigenae and occupied into the sixth century.

Zodariidae

Zodariidae, ant-eating spiders (Thorell, 1881), a spider family of 90 genera and about 1,280 species worldwide; ant-eating is ancestral for the family, with Zodarion strictly myrmecophagous, Batesian and aggressive ant mimicry, and termitophagy in Diores and Cryptothele.

Zodiac

Zodiac: the belt of the sky along the ecliptic divided into twelve 30-degree signs, defined by Babylonian astronomers by about 700 BCE and elaborated by the Greeks; basis of Western, Vedic, and Chinese astrological traditions.

Zodiac (film)

Zodiac is a 2007 American crime thriller directed by David Fincher, based on Robert Graysmith's books about the unsolved Zodiac Killer case in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Zodiac (true crime book)

Zodiac (1986) is Robert Graysmith's true crime account of the unsolved Zodiac Killer murders in California, published by Simon & Schuster, with sequel Zodiac Unmasked (2002) and Fincher's 2007 film.

Zodiac Killer

Zodiac Killer: unidentified American serial murderer who killed five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1968-1969 and mailed taunting letters and ciphers to newspapers; the Z408 and Z340 ciphers are solved, Z13 and Z32 remain unbroken, and the case is still unsolved.

Zodiac Killer in popular culture

Zodiac Killer in popular culture: films, TV, books, and podcasts inspired by the unsolved Bay Area serial killer, from The Zodiac Killer and Dirty Harry (1971) to Fincher's Zodiac (2007) and Zodiac Killer Project (2025).

Zodiac Killer suspects

Zodiac Killer suspects: people proposed for the unidentified Northern California serial killer of 1968-1969. Arthur Leigh Allen was the only police-named suspect; Kane, Gaikowski, Sullivan, and Poste are unofficial candidates, all unproven.

Zodiacal light

Zodiacal light, also called the zodiac band, is a faint cone of glow along the ecliptic caused by sunlight scattered off interplanetary dust, nicknamed the false dawn.

Zodiaco Lottery

Zodiaco Lottery (Lotería Zodiaco), a casino on Calle Gardenias in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, near the Paso del Norte border bridge; distinct from the Sorteo Zodiaco national lottery draw.

Zodiak Kids & Family France

Zodiak Kids & Family France, formerly Marathon Media and Zodiak Kids Studio France, is a French children's animation studio within Banijay Kids & Family, led by CEO Benoît Di Sabatino, known for Lolirock, Shasha & Milo, Mumfie, and Totally Spies!.

Zoe (film)

Zoe (2018) is a sci-fi romance directed by Drake Doremus, starring Léa Seydoux and Ewan McGregor as lab colleagues; Zoe learns she is a synthetic. Premiered at Tribeca April 21, 2018; Metascore 39, RT 35%, gross $401,912. Distinct from the 2025 Italian film and the 2018 Swiss film of the same name.

Zoe (Ζωή) (name)

Zoe (Ζωή, Zoi) is a feminine given name from the Greek word for "life". Distinguished from the noun by its name use: Septuagint rendering of Eve, Byzantine empresses, English since the 19th century.