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UTMB and HDT Bio receive US funding for vaccine development

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in a project agreement from the US government for developing self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine technology against advanced and emergent viral threats. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and HDT Bio have received a funding worth up to $87.4m

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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Prospective clinical trials are needed to explore whether changing therapy based on ctDNA dynamics prior to radiologic or clinical progression will improve outcomes compared to our current standard,” added Dr. Bahassi. Also, exosomes are mostly being used for the detection of circulating RNA and microRNA. “An

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

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CNS drugs take more than a year longer to develop and are less than half as likely to receive marketing approval compared to other drugs, according to a 2014 study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. Why is it Difficult to Develop CNS Therapeutics?

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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The company’s candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, is a synthetic messenger RNA that encodes the stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. All this cannot begin to explain the weird reality that the stock markets in the US (and elsewhere) are doing just fine. In fact, financial markets have almost regained most of the losses caused by COVID-19.