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Researchers at the University of Lige (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immuneresponse against parasites. This discovery could help in better-controlling inflammation and improving immuneresponses to infections.
But the companies haven't yet shared data on a rare heart inflammation associated with their shot that's a concern for regulators. The results position Pfizer and BioNTech to seek clearance in children as young as five years old.
A second shot given six months after the first appears to provide a bigger immuneresponse, the company said, a finding J&J aims to take to regulators in the U.S. and elsewhere.
A study conducted by researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology has uncovered a pivotal role of asparagine metabolism in regulating B cell homeostasis and immuneresponse.
A trial of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown the jab produces an immuneresponse, although the study was too small to produce conclusive findings, particularly on safety. Preclinical and clinical studies have made it possible to provisionally approve the vaccine under the current Russian coronavirus regulations.
But they are also involved in regulating the genes expressed within—and the signaling between—cells. Lipids influence how our cells behave and function, which affects many processes in the body including the immune system.
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Additionally, the immunogenicity of biosimilars, which is the ability of the drug to trigger an immuneresponse, can be highly variable and impact the safety and efficacy of the drug.
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As pointed out by Canada’s CBC , the change was okayed by regulators but nevertheless the stronger effect could still be a statistical quirk. Younger people would tend to produce a stronger immuneresponse than older people, which could account for the differing results.
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” A vaccine is seen as a way out of the social distancing and lockdown regulations that are crippling large parts of the economy and causing immense disruption to peoples’ lives. Although controversial, as the subjects would be exposed to a potentially lethal virus, the trial could provide data about the immuneresponse for any vaccine.
Interim results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial show the immuneresponse from Sanofi/GSK’s vaccine produced a lower immuneresponse in older adults. While antibody levels were comparable to those seen in recovering COVID-19 patients in adults aged 18-49, the response was lower in older adults.
The authors were quick to point out that the findings do not apply to the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been at the centre of a safety crisis in recent weeks, with regulators limiting their use in younger people and Denmark pulling the vaccine completely this week. It is associated with an immuneresponse.”
Sahin was addressing a news conference after the vaccine was approved by the European Union, three weeks after the shot was independently backed by the UK’s regulator. But scientifically, it is highly likely that the immuneresponse by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variants.”.
For example, if you become immune but this immunity only lasts for a few weeks, this is not long enough to allow for a good proportion of the population to become infected and then immune as well. Thus, herd immunity wouldn’t work in this scenario.
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Shares in the US biotech have fallen sharply after it revealed that the regulator did not accept changes to a phase 3 trial of the drug – called Ampion – that the company put forward in order to make it serve as a confirmatory pivotal study.
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