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Exploring the Future of Oncology with ADCs and TILs: Key Insights From ASCO  

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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes: Harnessing the Power of the Immune System The recent approval of the first TIL therapy for melanoma marked a significant milestone in the field of immunotherapy. Unlike CAR T therapies, TILs are produced in vitro by purifying natural infiltrating lymphocytes from the patient’s own tumor microenvironment.

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Budget 2021: Sunak focuses on vaccine development to restart economy

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There will be £22 million to fund a study to test effectiveness of combinations of different COVID-19 vaccines, as well as the world’s first study assessing effectiveness of a third vaccine dose to improve the response against current and future variants.

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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

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Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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2021 Biotech IPOs Get Off to a Roaring Start

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Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a leader in in vitro diagnostics. On January 12, its VITROS SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test for mass-scale COVID-19 testing received FDA Emergency Use Authorization. The year is starting off with a number of biopharma and life sciences initial public offerings (IPOs). TCR2 Therapeutics – The Cambridge, Mass.

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How Advanced Diagnostics are Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine and Gene Therapy

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In precision medicine, biomarkers are used to identify patients who will benefit from specific therapies, predict disease progression, and monitor treatment responses. Monitoring Treatment Response: Regular diagnostic testing can monitor the effectiveness of treatments by measuring changes in biomarker levels.

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results: Stellar, Long-Ranging Efficacies in Children and Against Variants

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The highly awaited COVID-19 vaccine trial results address what have been three highly contested areas of concern: is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for kids, is it effective against some of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and how long will immunity last? How Safe and Effective is Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids?

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Using bispecific antibodies to advance cancer immunotherapy

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The more targeted, bispecific functionality of bsAbs broadens the reach of antibody-mediated therapies against both solid and haematological cancers, creating novel approaches that can induce a tumour-specific immune response, target immune checkpoints, or improve payload delivery to tumour cells (Fig.