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Pancreatic Awareness Month 2024: Advancing Research to Improve Survival

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Routine screenings are currently not widely available, so patients and healthcare providers must remain vigilant, especially in people with higher risk factors, such as a family history of pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis or certain genetic conditions. percent, a median duration of response of 12.6

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

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New FDA-Approved Treatments For HIV HIV treatment involves the administration of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) to effectively suppress the viral load, maintain or enhance immune function and reduce the risk of opportunistic infections and cancers commonly associated with HIV. aiming to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

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Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine Abrysvo Is a New Step for RSV Prevention

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This interference may reduce the antiviral T-cell response or, in some cases, trigger the activation of unwanted pro-inflammatory T-cells, thus increasing the risk of severe lung infections. The genetic material of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) encodes 11 proteins. How Does Abrysvo Work? percent compared to a placebo.

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Leqselvi Can Achieve Nearly 90% Scalp Hair Coverage in Severe Alopecia Areata Patients

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Alopecia areata can be triggered by genetics, immune system dysfunction and environmental factors. Leqselvi works by selectively inhibiting the Janus kinases (JAK) JAK1 and JAK2, pathways that play a key role in this misguided immune response.

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Qalsody (Tofersen) Becomes First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for ALS

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Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Biogen’s Qalsody (tofersen) for the treatment of adult patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 ( SOD1 ) gene.

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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Recommended for FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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protein that triggers the immune system to generate antibodies against the virus. Adjuvants can help boost the effectiveness of a vaccine and elicit a stronger immune response. If approved, NVX-CoV2373 would become the first available protein-based vaccine against COVID-19 in the US. The vaccine is given in two doses.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

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Research into the area is being made possible through advancements in technology, such as being able to sequence genes at scale, allowing researchers to gain more detailed genetic data on the microbiome. If approved by the FDA, the treatment would become the first microbiome-based treatment to receive approval.