Scienmag

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Using optical biosensor technology, the test provides quantitative measurements of antibodies in blood plasma in less than 20 minutes Credit: Carolyn Lagattuta Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a novel serological assay for the detection of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In September, researchers from Oxford University shared their findings from a Phase IIb study with a more efficacious malaria vaccine called R21, which met the WHO’s 75% efficacy threshold. Research picking up pace for neglected diseases. And even in malaria research, securing funding has been tougher this year, says Duffy.

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Scienmag

JULY 19, 2021

Credit: Andrea Crisanti Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Credit: University of North Carolina/Megan May Pairs of antibodies may be more effective than single antibodies at preventing and treating COVID-19, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Rockefeller University in New York.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is also why academic research is dominant here, as companies are hesitant to take this on, adds Holger Wille, PhD, associate professor at the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta. Adding to this, the infectivity of prion diseases also makes research challenging, says Wille.

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Delveinsight

DECEMBER 23, 2020

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. Milk Allergy.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 12, 2021

A single dose of a monoclonal antibody developed by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has provided protection for people exposed to malaria parasites for up to nine months. The post More malaria hope as antibody protects against infection appeared first on.

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Scienmag

AUGUST 24, 2020

An in-depth Garvan study of how the immune system generates effective antibodies provides new insights for vaccine design. Credit: Dr Ofir Shein-Lumbroso, Garvan Institute of Medical Research An in-depth Garvan study of how the immune system generates effective antibodies provides new insights for vaccine design.

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Scienmag

MARCH 5, 2021

Scientists at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, in a collaboration the Duke University, have confirmed that monoclonal antibodies can be an effective tool in the global fight against malaria.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 4, 2021

In advance of public vaccination, a quick and accurate COVID-19 antibody test will help determine the presence of neutralizing antibodies, the molecules that aid in protection against the virus. Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has halted a clinical trial evaluating Eli Lilly’s investigational monoclonal antibody, LY-CoV555 (bamlanivimab), in combination with remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Source link.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

— A genetic modification in the ‘coat’ of a brain infection-causing virus may allow it to escape antibodies, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. HERSHEY, Pa. They say testing people for this and other viral mutations may help identify patients at risk for developing a fatal brain disease.

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Scienmag

APRIL 9, 2021

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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 3, 2020

While the world waits an effective coronavirus vaccine, Eli Lilly has started late-stage human testing an antibody drug as an alternative way to prevent viral transmission in high-risk locations. The post Lilly’s antibody for COVID-19 protection starts nursing home trial appeared first on. Results are due before the end of the year.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

An international trial led by US experts is to begin testing AstraZeneca’s long-acting antibody combination therapy to treat COVID-19. It is sponsored by the US-government funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Pfizer

JANUARY 27, 2023

Pfizer Responds to Research Claims carterda Fri, 01/27/2023 - 19:48 Pfizer Responds to Research Claims Friday, January 27, 2023 - 08:00pm Share New York, N.Y., In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has not conducted gain of function or directed evolution research.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Credit: Siwen Long Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells. The researchers believe this nanobody has the potential to be developed as an antiviral treatment against COVID-19.

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 6, 2020

A research team that is led by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, purposes that a variant of the receptor that is with one having an even stronger ability to bind to the coronavirus, it might work as a therapeutic candidate against COVID-19 by acting as a decoy to persuade the virus away. The agency raised no safety concerns.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Research from the California Institute of Technology shows exactly how antibodies stick to and block the Zika virus, which will inform vaccine development Credit: Image courtesy of Shannon Esswein.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Certain antibody alterations may prevent their passage from mother to fetus BOSTON – Recent analyses indicate that pregnant women and newborns may face elevated risks of developing more severe cases of COVID-19 following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 22, 2020

National Institutes of Health researchers have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or “nanobodies,” against SARS-CoV-2 that were produced by a llama named Cormac. Preliminary results suggest anti-COVID19 nanobodies may be effective at preventing and diagnosing infections Credit: Courtesy of Brody lab NIH/NINDS.

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Scienmag

APRIL 22, 2021

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.

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XTalks

AUGUST 16, 2021

The majority of patients — 24 patients (80 percent) — had no antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, while six had low levels. After the patients were given a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna, all those with low antibody titers and eight of the antibody negative patients developed high-positive antibody titers two weeks post-vaccination.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 7, 2021

ANN ARBOR–A team of researchers has discovered an antibody that blocks the ability of the dengue virus to cause disease in mice. The findings open the potential for developing effective treatments and designing a vaccine for dengue and similar diseases.

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XTalks

JANUARY 20, 2021

Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have found a potential mechanism underlying irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that involves activation of immune cells primed by past gastrointestinal infections. However, IBS patients do not have allergies to any given foods, nor any gastrointestinal conditions, such as celiac disease.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has halted a clinical trial evaluating Eli Lilly’s investigational monoclonal antibody, LY-CoV555 (bamlanivimab), in combination with remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that while most individuals responded to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) natural reinfection with a typical sustained antibody response associated with protection, a few individuals surprisingly responded atypically, not being able to sustain the antibody response, which declined to levels that made (..)

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Scienmag

MARCH 25, 2021

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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Scienmag

JULY 1, 2021

Over years of studying antibody responses against the flu in the Wilson lab at the University of Chicago, researchers kept coming up with a strange finding: antibodies that seemed to bind not only to the flu virus, but to every virus the lab could throw at them.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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.

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Scienmag

MARCH 31, 2021

New findings from a Michigan Medicine study reveal that antibody testing is predictive of prior COVID-19 infection, and rapid screening methods – even from finger pricks – are effective testing tools. Researchers analyzed antibody tests conducted on more than 500 subjects […].

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 27, 2020

The phase 1 study that is being run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tests three dose levels of the vaccine, mRNA-1273, given in two injections a month apart in 120 adults. Freenome secures USD 270 Million to boost its colorectal cancer blood test. White fat, in contrast, can build up and cause obesity.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 25, 2021

OHSU study has important implications for vaccines, diagnosis of COVID-19 A new study demonstrates that antibodies generated by the novel coronavirus react to other strains of coronavirus and vice versa, according to research published today by scientists from Oregon Health & Science University.

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XTalks

MARCH 29, 2021

According to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), moderate caffeine intake could lead to small babies. The research found that even consumption of less than the recommended moderate amount of 200 mg of caffeine per day for adults, which is about two cups of coffee, posed an increased risk to the fetus.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 7, 2022

In the second of a three-part series, Ben Hargreaves looks at the importance of early-stage research into various emerging infectious disease threats and how it saved precious time in the work to develop a working vaccine during the current pandemic. The institute also led and funded early-stage clinical research into the vaccine candidate.

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JULY 11, 2021

3 These data are being presented at the 2021 European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Hybrid Congress in Krakow, Poland and Madrid, Spain. Hereditary angioedema is a lifelong condition and research shows that concerns about another attack can limit the way patients lead their lives,” said Prof. Markus Magerl, M.D.,

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