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Latent viruses in human genome inspire novel directions for kidney cancer immunotherapy

Medical Xpress

Dana-Farber investigators found that normally defunct viral genes that lie dormant in the human genome can be activated in the most common form of kidney cancer (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) and can end up triggering an immune response against the cancer.

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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

World of DTC Marketing

Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines copied RNA sequence from the virus genome and found a way to manufacture it at scale with high-level processes and quality control. First, a novel approach was used that didn’t require traditional vaccine production in cell cultures or eggs. 1455NO-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_VACCINES_PFIZER_O_.

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Absci and Kennedy Institute partner to expedite immunotherapies development

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration will use the integrated drug creation platform of Absci and the clinical immunology datasets from the Kennedy Institute to identify antibodies to immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and autoimmune conditions with unprecedented speed.

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How SARS-CoV-2 hijacks human cells to evade immune system

Scienmag

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it to establish infection, replicate and cause disease.

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?5 Things You Need to Know from Our Recent Gene Therapy Webinar

Worldwide Clinical Trials

There have been a few cases lately where patients receiving gene therapy had a severe adverse effect because of their immune response to the mechanism of the AAV viral vector, based on their own genomic markers.

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KSQ Therapeutics and Takeda Enter Broad Strategic Collaboration to Research, Develop and Commercialize Novel Immuno-Oncology Therapies

The Pharma Data

“The T-cell and NK-cell target discovery approach complements our portfolio aimed at turning cold tumors hot and redirecting the innate immune system to elicit a sustained and durable immune response against tumors. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.ksqtx.com and follow @ksq_tx on Twitter.

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Health Highlights: Dec. 29, 2020

The Pharma Data

Experts believe brain-related effects may be tied to the body’s immune response to the virus and possibly to vascular problems or surges of inflammation caused by the disease. Colin Smith at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., told the Times. Most patients have been in their 30s, 40s and 50s.

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