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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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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

pharmaphorum

David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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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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The role of data science and text mining in the search for new therapies

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“Text mining was also able to highlight new insights into the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer’s immune evasion, which refers to cancer cells’ ability to evade an immune response” . Figure 1: Trending ‘Protein and Genomic’ terms with a semantic relationship to pancreatic cancer.

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UK partners with BioNTech on clinical trials of mRNA cancer therapies

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BioNTech gets the opportunity to tap into the NHS as a source of subjects for its cancer vaccine studies, as well as access to genomics and health data resources, and in return will open an R&D centre in Cambridge, employing more than 70 scientists, as well as an office in London. It will also cover some infectious disease targets.