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Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children

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It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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Altered ‘coat’ disguises fatal brain virus from neutralizing antibodies

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— A genetic modification in the ‘coat’ of a brain infection-causing virus may allow it to escape antibodies, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. HERSHEY, Pa. They say testing people for this and other viral mutations may help identify patients at risk for developing a fatal brain disease.

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Antibody responses in COVID-19 patients could guide vaccine design

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Credit: NIAID, 2020 A comprehensive analysis of antibody responses in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients could inform the development of an effective vaccine, according to a study published September 10 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Chao Wu and Rui Huang of Nanjing University Medical School, and colleagues.

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TAKHZYRO® (lanadelumab) for Hereditary Angioedema Patients to be Presented at European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Hybrid Congress

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3 These data are being presented at the 2021 European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Hybrid Congress in Krakow, Poland and Madrid, Spain. TAKHZYRO is a fully human monoclonal antibody that specifically binds and decreases plasma kallikrein activity. All antibody titres were low. About Hereditary Angioedema.

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Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus

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New study demonstrates candidate’s potential to generate antibodies, limit viral shedding Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus — rewired to keep it from taking refuge in the nervous system and eluding an immune response — has outperformed a leading vaccine candidate (..)

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FDA accepts Dupixent® (dupilumab) for review in children with moderate-to-severe asthma

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Dupixent is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the signaling of the interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) pathways and is not an immunosuppressant. Detailed results from this Phase 3 trial will be published later this year. Source link:[link].

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Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

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That’s because the mutations that led to the variant’s emergence aren’t found in the regions of the virus that stimulates one type of cellular immune response, says an international research team from Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and ImmunoScape, a U.S.-Singapore