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Inflammation-fighting protein could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Scienmag

– New research led by scientists at Washington State University has found that a protein known as GBP5 appears to play a key role in suppressing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, a potentially debilitating disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the […].

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Scientists unmask new neutralizing antibody target on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Scienmag

SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity Researchers have identified another potential target for neutralizing antibodies on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that is masked by metabolites in the blood.

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Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants

Scienmag

The structural revelation could have implications as a therapeutic target in all SARS-CoV-2 variants Credit: Kelly Lab/Penn State A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

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New imaging method reveals HIV’s sugary shield in unprecedented detail

Scienmag

The technique should help in the design of vaccines against HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses that cloak their outer proteins with sugars to evade antibodies.

Protein 61
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Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

The Pharma Data

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

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Deeper insight into how tick spit suppresses cattle immunity

Scienmag

Scientists from Hokkaido University, Japan and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have revealed that substances in tick saliva activates immune response-suppressing proteins in cattle […].

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AMRI Signs Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine

XTalks

“Our experience in drug product fill/finish will enable timely manufacturing to make the vaccine available as soon as possible to advance bringing life-changing medicines to market.”. The genetic material contains SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Fauci, in a statement. The Phase 3 trial is being implemented as part of Operation Warp Speed.