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Off-target immune response could predict COVID-19 severity

Scienmag

The presence of special immune system defense molecules, called autoimmune antibodies, has been strongly tied to how poorly people fare when hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study shows.

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Grifols’ Innovation Strategy in the Plasma Medicine Space

XTalks

Plasma medicine is a critical and specialized field within healthcare, centering on the use of human plasma for the development and administration of life-saving treatments. When people think about innovation drivers in global healthcare, they often think of “big pharma,” and not necessarily companies in the plasma medicines space.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

pharmaphorum

We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says. Genomic medicine is a rapidly growing space in which researchers use the information in a person’s genes to identify and administer medical treatment.”.

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How Researchers Stumbled Upon an Arthritis Vaccine Just in Time for World Arthritis Day

XTalks

The vaccine was tested in rats and showed strong, immediate and long-lasting immune responses to confer protection against the disease. is an autoantigen, which means it is an endogenous antigen that triggers an immune response in the body. antibodies in the knockout (KO) rats. With the finding that 14-3-3?

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Leading innovators in HIV peptides for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Adeno-associated virus vectors, alcohol dehydrogenase compositions, and antibody serum stabilisers are some of the accelerating innovation areas, where adoption has been steadily increasing. Among maturing innovation areas are anti-influenza antibody compositions and anti-interleukin-1, which are now well established in the industry.

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Imdelltra Approved as First T-Cell Engager Therapy for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Carbone, professor of internal medicine and director of the James Thoracic Oncology Center at the Ohio State University Medical Center, in a recent press release. Imdelltra is a novel immunotherapy, where a bispecific antibody binds to both CD3 on T cells and DLL3 on tumor cells.

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Top tweets: Covid-19 headed towards seasonality – and more

Pharmaceutical Technology

Peter Hotez’s tweet on PAI Life Sciences’ phase 1 trial of its snail fever vaccine. The phase 1 clinical trial will evaluate the safety and immune response of the vaccine in healthy individuals at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, the article detailed. Retweets: 113. Likes: 144.