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Covid-19 induced immune response may damage brain, NINDS study finds

Pharmaceutical Technology

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have found that Covid-19-induced immune response could damage the blood vessels of the brain and may lead to short and long-term neurological symptoms. .

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Huddersfield scientists first to show how coronavirus triggers immune response in brain

Scienmag

The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology led by the University’s Dr Mayo Olajide, describes how the spike protein used by the coronavirus to enter human cells can have a similar effect on the brain’s immune cells as it does with the rest of the body Credit: University of Huddersfield The study, published in […].

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Scientists identify protein crucial to tumor cells' metabolism and immune evasion

Medical Xpress

This limits glucose availability for immune cells and therefore dampens the body's anti-cancer immune response. Tumor cells typically alter their energy metabolism and increase glucose uptake to support their rapid division and spread.

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

The Pharma Data

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. “In Induction of innate immunity was investigated via specific cytokine markers.

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Immune surprise: Recently evolved alarm molecule drives inflammation

Medical Xpress

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed to calm down the immune response actually does the opposite.

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Experimental COVID-19 vaccine offers long-term protection against severe disease

Medical Xpress

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing an adjuvant, a substance that enhances immune responses, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (..)

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Scientists will target cancer’s ecosystems under new strategy

Drug Discovery World

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have revealed plans to direct research against the cells, signals and immune response in the tissue environment that nurtures tumours. . Opening up new lines of attack.