Codon

JUNE 5, 2025

The treatment, now known as Casgevy, became the first CRISPR-based therapy to gain FDA approval, in 2023. The core of the CRISPR immune response is a guide RNA (gRNA) that binds to a CRISPR-associated (Cas) protein. Collectively, these repeat-protospacer regions are known as CRISPR arrays. Visit our website to get a copy.

DNA

Codon

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The experience showed me that new therapies are needed not only to meet the targets laid out by the End TB Strategy but also to prevent drug resistance from negating the effectiveness of current therapeutics. Testing the engineered cells against four common drugs, I found that the M. tuberculosis.

Vaccine

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JUNE 27, 2025

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

To convert this immunosuppressive environment into one amenable to an immune response, investigators engineered a novel oncolytic virus that can infect cancer cells and stimulate an anti-tumor immune response.

Therapies

Drug Target Review

JUNE 27, 2023

This ebook delves into the intricate world of cancer therapies, immune system breakthroughs, therapeutic genetic engineering, and groundbreaking advancements in gene editing, featuring insightful interviews with renowned experts in the field.

Therapies

Drug Target Review

JUNE 6, 2023

We are in an era of immuno-oncology (IO) revolution with many approved therapies now available to treat a broad range of cancers. Generally, IO has been focused on harnessing the anti-tumour activity of certain cancer-fighting T-cells , a key cell type involved in the adaptive immune defense system.

Engineering

Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

NK cells are among the front line of protection from infected and abnormal cells as part of the ‘innate immune response’. They recognise ‘cell stress molecules’ on the surface of infected, old, injured and cancerous cells without the need for complex pre-stimulation signals of the adaptive immune system (eg, T cells).

Therapies

Drug Target Review

JULY 4, 2023

Among the many remarkable components that make up this complex defence network, T cells have emerged as powerful guardians, orchestrating an array of immune responses with great precision.

Immune Response

Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

Therapies

The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

Better activation of innate and adaptive immune responses was achieved with CV2CoV, resulting in faster response onset, higher titers of antibodies, and stronger memory B and T cell activation as compared to the first-generation candidate, CVnCoV. “In Induction of innate immunity was investigated via specific cytokine markers.

Immune Response

Drug Target Review

JANUARY 2, 2024

In research published in Scientific Reports , 1 investigators focused on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), known for their potential in treating cell defects and regulating immune responses. We are studying the placement of organelles within cells and how they communicate to help better treat disease,” said Coskun.

RNA

Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

2D cell models are often engineered to over-express the target of interest and so lack its temporal behaviour in its native or disease state. This is particularly pertinent in immune-based cell therapies like CAR-T, where animals do not mimic the human immune response.

Disease

Drug Target Review

JUNE 9, 2023

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

Treatment

PLOS: DNA Science

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The molecular tools of CRISPR were borrowed and developed from the natural immune response of bacteria to viruses – bacteriophages – that infect them. A recent paper in BioDesign Research , CRISPR-Cas-Based Engineering of Probiotics , from investigators at several Chinese research institutions, contributed to the report.

Immune Response

Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This sugar-coated mucin binding to checkpoint receptors signals that the cancer cell poses no threat, consequently blocking the immune response. Tender elaborated that these results in immune cells ignoring the cancer rather than eliminating it, as they normally would.

Immune Response

Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Viral vectors have been crucial in transforming the gene therapy landscape due to their natural ability to infect cells. 1 In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first AAV-based gene replacement therapy (Luxturna), for Leber congenital amaurosis type 2.

Therapies

Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These disease signatures capture both the linear and non-linear effects of genetic and molecular interaction networks and enable the identification of associations including those that are only relevant to a subgroup of patients that influence disease risk, prognosis and/or therapy response.

Bioinformatics

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

“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.

Therapies

Broad Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Researchers from the Tumor Immunotherapy Discovery Engine ( TIDE ) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, AbbVie, and Calico Life Sciences report that the molecule simultaneously makes tumors more sensitive to immune attack and boosts the activity of immune cells to fight tumors in mice.

Small Molecule

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Merck will select cancer targets and harness Janux’s proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) technology to engineer novel, T cell engager drug candidates. Janux technology can be applied to immunotherapies that target all three stages of an anti-tumor immune response.

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The Agreement extends an existing relationship between the companies and gives Pandion the option to use standard phage display or mammalian display as the engines for the discovery of next generation antibodies. For further information, please visit: [link]. View source version on businesswire.com: [link]. Source link.

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Nasdaq: SYBX ), a clinical stage company bringing the transformative potential of synthetic biology to medicine, today announced SYNB1891 has advanced into the combination therapy stage of the ongoing Phase 1 trial. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Synlogic, Inc. Synlogic’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Anderson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his colleagues, are reporting in iScience the event of an intranasal subunit vaccine that gives durable local immunity against inhaled pathogens. A fundamental limitation of intramuscular vaccines is that they’re not designed to elicit mucosal immunity.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

APRIL 8, 2021

Early clinical results are consistent with preclinical studies and suggest THOR-707 (SAR444245) may promote an anti-tumor immune response without alpha-mediated side effects, both alone and in combination with anti-PD-1. We will continue to explore the molecule’s potential for best-in-disease combinations.”. About THOR-707 (SAR444245).

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The vaccine targeted both the inner nucleocapsid (N) and the outer spike (S) proteins of the virus to maximize the immune response. The study showed this broad immune response led to the complete clearance of the virus in a matter of days after infection of previously-vaccinated primates. link] 1. About ImmunityBio.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 21, 2020

(Nasdaq: ACET), a biotechnology company discovering and developing allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapies for cancer and other diseases, today announced that the U.S. T cell therapy expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting CD20 for treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). T cell therapy in NHL patients.

FDA

PerkinElmer

MAY 6, 2022

Coined immunotherapy, this umbrella term describes several types of treatment, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune system modulators, and adoptive cell therapies. Each triggers the immune system in a different way to fight cancer.

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 6, 2021

Quantitative imaging of CD8 T cells enables quicker identification of drug efficacy, therefore potentially reducing the length of clinical trials, reducing costs and helping new therapies to advance to market faster, which ultimately will improve treatment and care of cancer patients. About ImaginAb. ImaginAb Inc.

Licensing

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Former Sarepta Therapeutics executive Bo Cumbo left to launch his new gene therapy company, AavantiBio, with a $107 million Series A. AavantiBio’s strategic partnership with University of Florida’s Powell Gene Therapy Center provide their foundational research in rare genetic disorders. AavantiBio . Sirnaomics.

Small Molecule

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 17, 2021

Syngeneic tumor animal models play a critical role because they use standard inbred mice that have a competent immune system, which is required to evaluate immune-modulating therapies. One consideration in using syngeneic models is that some drug candidates can cause a negative immune response not seen in humans.

Immune Response

The Pharma Data

JULY 6, 2021

New research from first-in-class marketed and investigational therapies in hemophilia, immune thrombocytopenia and acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura will be presented. Sanofi’s two marketed extended half-life factor replacement therapies shifted a two-decades-old treatment paradigm when launched in 2014. ePoster.

Therapies

The Pharma Data

AUGUST 22, 2021

This is how many medical studies begin, said biomedical engineering professor Phil Bourne, who serves as founding dean for the School of Data Science. One of the most dangerous phenomena COVID-19 can trigger in your body is something called a cytokine storm, which is a potentially fatal amplification of an immune response.

Doctors

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 4, 2021

. chPD1 will be used in the Company’s proprietary chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CAR-T) platform using gamma-delta T-cells (GD-T). Barber’s work will give Kiromic a significant acceleration in the clinical development of its therapy platform and an even more significant advantage over its competitors.

Therapies

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

(Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study (TNX-C002), to examine the immune responses to COVID-19 in healthy volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 or were asymptomatic.

Vaccine

Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. How does “potency” apply to cell and gene therapy (CGT) products?

Production

Broad Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Using single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression in individual cells, the researchers have found how 86 major cytokines affect 17 immune cell types in mice. NH: This is the first single-cell resolution dictionary of each major immune cell type responding to each major cytokine in vivo at an unprecedented scale.

Immune Response

Broad Institute

JUNE 27, 2024

Science (2024) Related content New gene delivery vehicle shows promise for human brain gene therapy My Quest to Cure Prion Disease — Before It’s Too Late | Sonia Vallabh | TED Prion diseases lead to rapid neurodegeneration and death and are caused by misshapen versions of the prion protein in the brain. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al.

Disease