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Ginkgo Bioworks awarded DARPA contract for therapeutic proteins 

Drug Discovery World

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has been awarded a four-year contract worth up to $18 million to reimagine how to manufacture complex therapeutic proteins.

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Small glowing protein allows researchers to peer deeper into living tissues

Medical Xpress

Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed a small fluorescent protein that emits and absorbs light that penetrates deep into biological tissue.

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AZD1222 US Phase III primary analysis confirms safety and efficacy

The Pharma Data

It uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus) that causes infections in chimpanzees and contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein. The Phase III D8110C00001 trial is part of this funding agreement. JPEO-CBRND.

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine; Type 1 diabetes research updates; FDA nod to Zebra’s X-ray modelling AI; UniQure/CSL haemophilia B gene therapy curbs bleeding in phase 3

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Warding off Type 1 diabetes by aiming a T-cell protein. Scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine have found a way to control that autoimmune response by aiming a protein that is vital for T-cell activation. The protein is known as OCA-B. UniQure/CSL haemophilia B gene therapy curbs bleeding in phase 3.

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AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis

The Pharma Data

It uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus) that causes infections in chimpanzees and contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein. The Phase III D8110C00001 trial is part of this funding agreement. JPEO-CBRND.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

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What About Small Proteins and Antibodies Reaching Extracellular CNS Targets? The return of cell therapy-iPSCs (induced pluripotent stem cells) and genetically altered delivery cells. The Neurology and Radiology departments are vital for consultation and imaging, which is needed to establish baselines for a study.

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