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Clinical Trials for Celiac Disease: Insights from Beyond Celiac’s Kate Avery

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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by the consumption of gluten, a protein found in barley, wheat and rye. When a person with celiac disease eats something that contains gluten, their immune system attacks their small intestine, damaging the lining and interfering with the absorption of nutrients from food.

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Dual-Function Fusion Proteins: Shattuck Labs’ Innovative Cancer Immunotherapy Approaches

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Dual-function fusion proteins represent a cutting-edge approach in biopharmaceutical research, offering a promising avenue for the development of novel therapeutics in the treatment of complex diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. The other end activates the CD40 receptor, enhancing the immune system’s ability to fight cancer.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. COVID-19 Clinical Trials.

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2021 Year in Review: Leveraging New Technologies to Drive Innovation in the Life Sciences

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Xtalks is taking a look at some of the major stories and innovations of the year in the life sciences, many of which were driven by new, emerging and improved technologies. The year 2021 was all about continuing innovations in the life sciences. Life Science Innovations: Malaria and Influenza Vaccines.

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CMV Vaccine Trials: Moderna’s CMV mRNA Vaccine Enters Phase III

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The study compared the immune responses evoked by Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to those generated by a previous vaccine candidate, namely, the MF59-adjuvanted glycoprotein B (gB) proten subunit vaccine (gB/MF59) developed by Sanofi. During pregnancy, CMV infection is responsible for causing severe birth defects and brain damage in newborns.

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Latest Data from Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Involving B.1.351 Variant Shared by Protein Vaccine Maker

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As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 1.351 variant.

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Amgen’s Tarlatamab Gets FDA Priority Review for Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Tarlatamab is an investigational drug currently undergoing clinical trials to assess its efficacy in patients with two distinct types of neuroendocrine cancer: SCLC and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). As a bispecific T-cell engager immunotherapy, tarlatamab directs the patient’s T cells to attack cancer cells exhibiting DLL3.