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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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Potentially ‘regenerative’ osteoarthritis drug moves to clinical trial

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This year, the team will launch a combined Phase I and IIa trial of R805/CX-011 for the treatment of osteoarthritis in patients in collaboration with the start-up Carthronix. In trying to fix the problem, the immune system causes even more damage,” said Evseenko. But GP130 is a vital receptor.

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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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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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World Mental Health Day 2023: Drug discovery breakthroughs

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Read more: Preclinical study proves antidepressant effects of drug Psychedelic-based drug options Later the same month, Cybin announced it had completed dosing in Cohort 5 of a Phase II trial evaluating CYB003, an investigational proprietary deuterated analog of psilocybin for the potential treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).

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Regeneron’s Evkeeza (evinacumab) Reduces Cholesterol Levels in Children with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Phase III Trial

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What happens when the liver is unable to process bad cholesterol due to genetic factors? It is one of the common genetic causes of premature coronary heart disease. Doortje Reijman, trial investigator and research associate in Pediatric Metabolic Diseases and Nephrology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center.

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Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: 5 Key Takeaways from FDA’s Recent Town Hall

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) held a recent town hall where three experts from the regulator provided guidance on how to design and conduct gene therapy clinical trials for rare diseases. There are around 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease.