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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

Pharmaceutical Technology

CB1 receptors are primarily expressed in the brain and central nervous system, whereas CB2 receptors are expressed in T-cells in the immune system. Figure 1 shows the targets in preclinical trials for central nervous system diseases, as sourced from GlobalData’s Drugs Database.

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Scientists turn cancer cells into anticancer agents

Drug Discovery World

Harvard investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumours and induce long-term immunity. . Using gene engineering, we are repurposing cancer cells to develop a therapeutic that kills tumour cells and stimulates the immune system to both destroy primary tumors and prevent cancer.” .

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Grand Rounds October 13, 2023: Incorporating Social Determinants of Health Into PCORnet (Keith Marsolo, PhD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as non-medical factors that influence health outcomes and conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. Area-level measures can provide population-level SDOH insights.

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Grand Rounds April 14, 2023: RECOVER in Action – Status of Clinical Trial Protocols (Kanecia Zimmerman, PhD, MD, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

There are many hypothesized causes that may co-exist in the same patient, such as persistent virus or antigens, reactivation of other viruses, uncontrolled immune responses, damage to a wide range of organs and tissues, and injury to blood vessels and abnormal blood clotting.

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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 1 Data for its Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

The Pharma Data

S-Trimer adjuvanted with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant system induced neutralizing antibody titers (seroconversion) in 100% of participants at the selected 9 µg S-Trimer dose in both adult and elderly groups, with geometric mean titers (GMT) greater than 1:1,800. No serious adverse events related to the vaccine candidates studied were reported.

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Scientists and medics turn to TikTok to reassure public on vaccine safety

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Her videos cover a host of topics from the science behind the immune system, side effects caused by the shots and vaccine hesitancy and the clinical and regulatory path to approval. She told the BBC that her approach on TikTok is “come for the entertainment, but stay for the science.” Dr Austin Chiang.

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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Data for its Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates in The Lancet

The Pharma Data

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. Utilizing Clover’s proprietary Trimer-Tag© technology, S-Trimer is a trimeric SARS-CoV-2 spike (S)-protein subunit vaccine candidate.