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Temperature-stable tuberculosis vaccine safe, prompts immune response in first-in-human trial

Medical Xpress

A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular arm of the immune system.

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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.

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8 Of The Most Common Foods Allergies – Do You Have One?

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As per the Food Allergy Research & Education, in the US, each year, around 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food. Food allergy is a specific immune response to certain food items that it considers harmful. What are the most common food allergies? Egg Allergy.

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Antibody response may drive COVID-19 outcomes

Scienmag

Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital show that levels of specific antibodies developed in the immune response may influence COVID-19 outcomes in both children and adults.

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Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines, pass antibodies to newborns

Scienmag

The largest study of its kind to date also found benefit for lactating women BOSTON – In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have found the new mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be highly effective in […].

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Neutralizing antibodies protect against severe COVID-19

Scienmag

Scientists at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard find that neutralizing antibody potency predicts severe or fatal COVID-19. BOSTON — Understanding the body’s immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is key to developing effective treatments and long-lasting vaccines.

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Children produce different antibodies in response to SARS-CoV-2

Scienmag

5, 2020)–Children and adults produce different types and amounts of antibodies in response to infection with the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found. NEW YORK, NY (Nov.