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Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children

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It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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Re-examining antibodies' role in childhood allergies

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The presence of food-specific IgA antibodies in the gut does not prevent peanut or egg allergies from developing in children, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Translational Medicine.

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IgGenix Launches with $10 Million to Develop Therapeutics for Severe Allergies

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emerged from stealth mode with $10 million in Series A financing and a goal to advance the company’s novel antibody therapeutics platform for the treatment of food and non-food allergies, as well as other severe allergic conditions. Startup IgGenix, Inc.

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Asthma Drug Xolair Wins FDA Approval as First Treatment for Multiple Food Allergies

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The class of IgE-mediated food allergies includes 160 foods, with peanuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy and tree nuts being the most common ones. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost six percent of people in the US in 2021 had a food allergy. million children and 13.6

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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

Pharmaceutical Technology

The failure of several late-stage trials highlights the challenging nature of HIV vaccine development. Since HIV integrates with the DNA, eliminating the virus from the body is very difficult, explains David Montefiori, PhD, director of the Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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One dose of Regeneron’s COVID antibody protects for eight months

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A single dose of the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy developing Regeneron reduced the risk of contracting the virus by around 82% for up to eight months, according to new trial data. The post One dose of Regeneron’s COVID antibody protects for eight months appeared first on. That was down from almost $2.6

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FDA grants emergency licence for Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody combo

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The FDA has granted an emergency licence for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody combination therapy, to reduce chances of high-risk patients progressing from mild to moderate disease to more severe symptoms that may need hospital treatment. There are a range of other antibody therapies in various stages of development.