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Radical Vaccine Strategy Could Help Quash Parasite Afflicting Millions

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Using viruses that infect bacteria to detect proteins sprouted by a notorious parasite, scientists have honed in on possible vaccine targets for schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease that currently affects an estimated 600 million people worldwide, causing 280,000 deaths per year.

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Excitement over new antibiotics that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

Drug Discovery World

The first clinical-trial results for the compound are expected this year. New antibiotics directed against the world’s highest priority bacteria, like Acinetobacter baumannii , require novel development paths. It inhibits the LptB2FGC complex, the machinery that assembles the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria.

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Pfizer and Valneva Issue Update on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15

Pfizer

These study participants, representing approximately half of the total recruited participants in the trial, are being discontinued following violations of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) at certain clinical trial sites run by a third-party clinical trial site operator. FDA in July 2017.

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Scientists use mRNA to reprogramme the immune system

Drug Discovery World

Dr Kaustav Das Gupta and Professor Matt Sweet from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience discovered that a molecule derived from glucose in immune cells can both stop bacteria growing and dampen inflammatory responses. Coli bacteria from growing,” Dr Das Gupta said. “It

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Nirogy rises with $16.5M; Iterum presents a new drug application to FDA; Gut Bacteria proffer insight into molecules protection; TScan adds another $100M for cancer trials

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Nirogy plans to use the proceeds to improve its drug discovery platform for generating a pipeline of small-molecule drugs designed to aim the solute carrier family of transporter proteins (SLCTs) embedded in the cell membrane. Gut Bacteria proffer insight into molecules protective against asthma and COVID-19.

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ADCs Pipeline Update: Avacta Partners with ADC Therapeutics

Roots Analysis

Currently, product licensing agreements, technology licensing agreements, research and development agreements and clinical trial agreements are the common types of partnerships inked by developers that are currently focused on the development of ADCs pipeline. In nature, they are made by a group of bacteria known as actinomycetes.

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New drug could prevent sepsis-related organ failure

Drug Discovery World

We have identified markers for vascular damage in children admitted to hospital with fever and suspected infection, and the protein-signalling pathways associated with this in the cells. The drug we have developed targets these interactions, to restore the function of vascular endothelial cells.”

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