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When the body's B cell training grounds stay open after hours

Medical Xpress

If B cells are the munitions factories of the immune system, manufacturing antibodies to neutralize harmful pathogens, then the tiny biological structures known as germinal centers are its weapons-development facilities.

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Leading freeze-drying systems suppliers for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries widely use freeze-drying systems to protect vaccines, antibodies, antibiotics such as penicillin, blood plasma, proteins, enzymes, hormones, viruses, and bacteria from heat and minimise their biological activity.

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ADCs Pipeline Update: Avacta Partners with ADC Therapeutics

Roots Analysis

What are Affimers : Affimers are small proteins that target and bind molecules on cellular surfaces in a manner analogous to monoclonal antibodies. In nature, they are made by a group of bacteria known as actinomycetes. The key difference is that affimers are optimized to enhance their structural stability.

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Nestlé to Market Oral Microbiome Drug for C. Difficile + WHO Recommends IL-6 Blockers as Life-Saving COVID-19 Treatment

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CDIs typically develop after the use of antibiotics, which can wipe out the gut’s healthy bacteria. Seres’ microbiome drug SER-109 aims to restore the healthy bacteria via an oral capsule that contains a protective species of gut bacteria. Difficile infection (CDI). Read the full articles here: .

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Bristol Myers Squibb Submits Application for Abecma®, a CAR T Cell Therapy, for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma Who Have Received at Least Two Prior Therapies

The Pharma Data

Plasma cells produce antibodies that protect the body from invasive foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses. In recent years, there has also been an increase in the use of anti-CD38 antibodies in combination with immunomodulatory agents or proteasome inhibitors for the initial treatment or at the first relapse.

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Minervax raises €47.4m in Series B funding round for GBS shot

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Proceeds will advance the clinical development of MinervaX’s novel GBS vaccine through phase 2 clinical trials, as well as manufacturing and regulatory preparation for phase 3. Phase 1 data from 300 healthy females have so far shown a favourable safety profile, while generating high levels of long-lasting antibodies.

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Valneva and Pfizer Report Positive Phase 2 Pediatric Data for Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

This investigational multivalent protein subunit vaccine uses an established mechanism of action for a Lyme disease vaccine that targets the outer surface protein A (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. OspA is one of the most dominant surface proteins expressed by the bacteria when present in a tick.