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How Researchers Stumbled Upon an Arthritis Vaccine Just in Time for World Arthritis Day

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The vaccine was tested in rats and showed strong, immediate and long-lasting immune responses to confer protection against the disease. is an autoantigen, which means it is an endogenous antigen that triggers an immune response in the body. antibodies in the knockout (KO) rats. With the finding that 14-3-3?

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Using bispecific antibodies to advance cancer immunotherapy

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Dr Laura Moriarty, senior marketing manager at Bio-Rad, looks at the impressive immuno-therapeutic potential of bispecific antibodies (bsAbs). Though their bispecific nature complicates large-scale production and purification workflows, with challenges such as antibody chain mispairing, bsAbs have come a long way since first developed.

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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

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These findings signify a significant step forward in the development of AGT103-T as a potential gene therapy for HIV. In 2021, the FDA granted approval to San Francisco-based Excision BioTherapeutics to start trials assessing CRISPR gene editing as a potential treatment for HIV. In November 2023, Hookipa Pharma Inc.,

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Beyond the Pill: The Rise of Biologics and the Evolution of Pharmaceutical Therapies

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For example, monoclonal antibodies, a type of biologic, can selectively bind to specific targets such as proteins or cells involved in disease processes, thereby modulating immune responses or inhibiting disease progression. Challenges and Future Directions: Despite their immense promise, biologics are not without challenges.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial; Freenome secures $270 M; CRISPR treats obesity in mice; Breast cancer research updates

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in older adults. As observed in 45 younger adults, the middle dose of the vaccine triggered the production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus, which causes COVID-19 , in 10 patients aged 56 to 70 and 10 patients over 71.

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Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation: Key Trends and Predictions from Biotech Showcase Digital After an Unprecedented Year That Drove Momentous Changes in Healthcare

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It’s widely acknowledged that optimal vaccine immunity results from engaging both humoral and cellular responses, but less attention has been given to the role of mucosal immunity in protecting against COVID-19, which is surprising considering SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body primarily through the mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract.

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Lineage Cell Therapeutics Provides End of Year Shareholder Letter

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Notably, we never modify the DNA of these cells, which avoids some of the safety concerns that have been reported with certain gene-editing technologies. From these cells we apply proprietary methods to manufacture pure populations of only the cell types which we wish to use in patients.