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Second-Generation mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, CV2CoV, Demonstrates Improved Immune Response and Protection in Preclinical Study

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Better activation of innate and adaptive immune responses was achieved with CV2CoV, resulting in faster response onset, higher titers of antibodies, and stronger memory B and T cell activation as compared to the first-generation candidate, CVnCoV.

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This week in drug discovery (8-12 January) 

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The top stories: Excitement over new antibiotics that can kill drug-resistant bacteria A novel antibiotic class targeting a major global pathogen and threat to human health has been discovered by scientists from Roche and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, US).

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BioNTech to deliver prestigious lecture on mRNA  

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Pharmaceutical company BioNTech will deliver the 2022 César Milstein Lecture on 26 July with a focus on how messenger RNA (mRNA) technology can be used within vaccines for cancer and Covid-19. . The lecture is one of a series of named lectures, organised by the LMB and given by eminent scientists from around the world. .

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New strategy for COVID-19 prophylaxis?

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Proteins of SARS-CoV-2 can alter viral ribonucleic acids in a way, that they become indistinguishable from endogenous RNA. Camouflage protects virus from immune system. For example, viral RNAs are masked by the addition of a methyl group. “A robust, early type I IFN production is key to clearing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: UK firm tests oral delivery of Covid-19 vaccine and Novavax aims to distribute 51 million vaccines to Australia

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As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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Researchers find potential path to a broadly protective COVID-19 vaccine using T cells

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But HIV’s ability to mutate isn’t unique among RNA viruses – most viruses develop mutations, or changes in their genetic code, over time. ” In the same time period, mRNA vaccines were being deployed and immune responses to those vaccines were being studied.

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Discovery could lead to more efficient cancer therapies

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Scientists from Japan have identified regulator CD69, which controls the differentiation of CD8+ T cells within tumour-draining lymph nodes, thereby regulating anti-tumour immunity. CD8+ T cells have been the focal point of anti-cancer therapies.