Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2022

The company will jointly design and analyse messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with the NIH unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Vaccine Research Center (VRC). They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 12, 2024

This week has seen a number of significant discoveries by researchers in academic institutions, in some cases in partnership with industry, emphasising the important role universities play in early-stage drug discovery. News round-up for 8-12 January by DDW Digital Content Editor Diana Spencer.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

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. This response was also seen in the RV 144 trial, she notes.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Over the last 35 years, substantial strides have been made in tackling HIV/AIDS, propelled by advancements in medical research, enhanced accessibility to treatment and prevention and a more comprehensive understanding of the virus. World AIDS Day offers an occasion for reflection on the strides achieved thus far.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2023

1 August was first chosen as World RNA Day in 2018 as a play on AUG (adenine, uracil and guanine), a triple sequence of RNA (called a codon) that initiates protein synthesis by the cell. The company said: “Our preclinical research shows promising results that ASO treatment targeted to PNPLA3 reduces fat accumulation in liver cells.

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Pfizer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a nucleoside-modified RNA (modRNA)-based combination vaccine approach. Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer. have a fever. have received another COVID-19 vaccine.

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