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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company will jointly design and analyse messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with the NIH unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Vaccine Research Center (VRC). They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Merck and Moderna partner to develop and sell cancer vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs. The mRNA-4157/V940 has been designed to stimulate an immune response by producing T-cell responses depending on the mutational signature of a patient's tumour.

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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. The coronavirus vaccines, however, took less than a year. First, a novel approach was used that didn’t require traditional vaccine production in cell cultures or eggs.

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Study: Infection with common cold coronaviruses can trigger broad cross-immunity against SARS-CoV-2 proteins

Medical Xpress

Researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf have demonstrated cross-reactive immune responses to another SARS-CoV-2 protein besides the spike protein.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

The technology of gene therapy is possible due to extensive DNA research and our resulting understanding of many diseases on the genetic level, and it encompasses several mechanisms such as introducing new genes (gene addition) and inactivating or replacing mutated genes (gene editing). Route of Administration Considerations.

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Triggering tumor antiviral immune response in triple negative breast cancer

Scienmag

14, 2021) – Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered how therapeutics targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) to trigger tumor cell death and signal the body’s immune response. HOUSTON – (Jan.

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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since HIV integrates with the DNA, eliminating the virus from the body is very difficult, explains David Montefiori, PhD, director of the Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. This response was also seen in the RV 144 trial, she notes.