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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. However, the treatment is restricted to peanut allergy.

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No drugs for prions: could new approaches alleviate therapeutic scarcity?

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As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent. This list includes the monoclonal antibody (mAb) PRN100 developed at University College London (UCL) and ALX-002, a treatment developed by Allyx Therapeutics that is also being studied for Alzheimer’s disease.

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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

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Additionally, advances in the study of broadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) have led to new candidates being studied in early trials. mRNA vaccines can be made and modified quickly compared to protein subunit vaccines, says Montefiore. This response was also seen in the RV 144 trial, she notes.

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New ‘atlas’ charts how antibodies attack spike protein variants

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Antibodies capable of neutralizing multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains can inform strategies for broadly protective COVID-19 booster vaccines As the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, immunologists and infectious diseases experts are eager to know whether new variants are resistant to the human antibodies that recognized initial versions (..)

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2022 in review: Drug development milestones for tropical diseases

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Both vaccines are based on recombinant proteins and attack the parasite during the sporozoite stage. The monoclonal antibody (mAb) CIS43LS, derived from the antibody CIS43, targets the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP), and is being studied by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

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Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants

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The structural revelation could have implications as a therapeutic target in all SARS-CoV-2 variants Credit: Kelly Lab/Penn State A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

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Scientists unmask new neutralizing antibody target on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

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SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity Researchers have identified another potential target for neutralizing antibodies on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that is masked by metabolites in the blood.