The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The results presented in this report provide the key findings from our first interim analysis,” study author Merryn Voysey, also from the University of Oxford, said in a journal news release. Both employ a newer technology that uses messenger RNA to prime the immune system to attack the new coronavirus.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

JUNE 25, 2021

To identify strains causing COVID-19 infections within the trial, sequencing of virus variants has so far been performed on 474 COVID-19 cases, of which 124 fulfilled adjudication criteria and were included in the present efficacy analysis. CureVac remains committed to COVID-19 vaccine development. About CureVac.

Vaccine

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. Oral presentation. Interim Phase 1/2 study data will be presented at ISTH. Oral Presentation. ePoster Abstract # OC48.2 Abstract # OC72.2

Therapies

Drug Target Review

APRIL 3, 2024

Our research demonstrated that GDF-15 acts as a versatile tool for tumours to inhibit the mounting of an effective antitumoral immune response at various steps of its process, including antigen presentation, immune cell activation, and their migration and infiltration into the tumour. in North America) in late 2017.

Science

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 22, 2021

As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

JULY 6, 2021

But HIV’s ability to mutate isn’t unique among RNA viruses – most viruses develop mutations, or changes in their genetic code, over time. The team studied the identified 311 epitopes to find which were both present in large amounts and likely to be recognized by the vast majority of human immune systems.

Vaccine

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.

Vaccine

Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

He also read everything he could about her disease, including emerging evidence that suggested that the immune system could recognize and kill Merkel cell carcinoma. His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job.

Research

Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

RNA-based therapies, including mRNA and RNA interference (RNAi), are being explored to modulate gene expression in heart cells. While commonly used, AAVs have limitations, including immune reactions and difficulties with re-dosing due to pre-existing antibodies. Allogeneic cell therapies must avoid immune rejection.

Therapies

Drug Target Review

JULY 11, 2023

In simple terms, our immune system is divided into innate and adaptive responses – the innate being the first line of defence, and the adaptive responds to specific challenges by modifying the body’s immune response in a tailored fashion.

Disease

Codon

APRIL 2, 2024

Slides from a lab talk presented in Heidelberg, Germany in 1998. Like, if we start thinking about therapeutic circuits, how can we design the components in such a way that they are not going to cause an immune response? The RNA Exporter , which was developed by Felix Horns and others in my lab, is one example.

RNA

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Throughout the day, various presentations will be given by medical experts pertaining to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The Moderna vaccine is similar to Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine in the sense that they both use an approach utilizing messenger RNA (mRNA). The meeting is slated to run from 9 a.m. ET to 5:15 p.m.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2022

Proteins of SARS-CoV-2 can alter viral ribonucleic acids in a way, that they become indistinguishable from endogenous RNA. Camouflage protects virus from immune system. For example, viral RNAs are masked by the addition of a methyl group. “A robust, early type I IFN production is key to clearing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Clinical Pharmacology

SugarCone Biotech

MAY 28, 2019

This broader and still evolving contextual framework will impact immunotherapy drug development across the immune checkpoint field, the tumor vaccine space, innate immune approaches, the T-cell-directed biologics, and cellular therapies. But first, these new papers are gorgeous: The study presented by Petitprez et al.

Immune Response

Codon

JULY 27, 2023

“The first printout of the human genome to be presented as a series of books, displayed in the 'Medicine Now' room at the Wellcome Collection, London. Because it turns out that at least half of them , in humans, also bind to RNA molecules. How do transcription factors couple up with the correct RNA molecule? No longer.

Therapies

Codon

JULY 27, 2023

“The first printout of the human genome to be presented as a series of books, displayed in the 'Medicine Now' room at the Wellcome Collection, London. Because it turns out that at least half of them , in humans, also bind to RNA molecules. How do transcription factors couple up with the correct RNA molecule? No longer.

Therapies

Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Read An easier (and cheaper) way to do single-cell RNA sequencing? Synthetic Biology.

Vaccine

Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Read An easier (and cheaper) way to do single-cell RNA sequencing? Synthetic Biology.

Vaccine

Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

This newsletter’s format has shifted again, as I try to figure out the most enticing way to present this stuff. Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. Please send me your feedback.

Vaccine

Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

This newsletter’s format has shifted again, as I try to figure out the most enticing way to present this stuff. Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. Please send me your feedback.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

AUGUST 3, 2021

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Production

Codon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

But, regardless of which was first, they all operated with the same core data as their mechanism for understanding life: messenger RNA ( mRNA ). Simple ones, but still… This presented the student with a tantalizing future: the ability to fully model how a cell reacted to genetic perturbations.

Engineering

Codon

AUGUST 27, 2024

When doctors sequenced the DNA and RNA found in Alice’s blood and synovial fluid—the liquid that surrounds and lubricates joints—they found abnormally low levels of genes encoding iron-storing proteins and high levels of epidermal growth factor receptor RNA.

DNA

Codon

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It’s important to note that the 300-page report, while presenting detailed evidence for the potential harms of mirrored life, uses painstakingly speculative language. DNA and RNA molecules are also built from exclusively right-handed nucleic acids. It gives humanity time to steer away. This is one of them.

RNA

Codon

APRIL 16, 2023

Skin microbes can trigger strong immune responses. These microbes were engineered to express tumor antigens that could “elicit T cells that were licensed by the commensal immune program but specific for a tumor,” including both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, according to the study. Nature Communications. Science Advances.

Engineering

Codon

JANUARY 26, 2025

Such a vaccine would enable people to receive a single shot conferring lifelong immunity against any strain of flu: past, present, or future. Another way to make broad-spectrum vaccines is to layer antigens onto nanoparticles, thus mimicking the natural structure of viruses and, possibly, enhancing the immune system’s response.

Vaccine

Drug Target Review

MAY 8, 2025

However, this strategy presents a fundamental challenge. We observed robust AAV vector distribution across key brain regions along with significant guide RNA and nuclease expression. ” Presented at the 20th Annual Huntington’s Disease Therapeutics Conference, February 24-27, 2025, Palm Springs, CA.

Disease

Codon

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Interferon gamma release assays pick up an immune response to the infection. tuberculosis known as rpoB , which codes for part of its RNA polymerase. tuberculosis in his system, his T cells will recognize the antigen and mount an intense immune response at the injection site, leaving behind a red and swollen bull’s-eye.

Immune Response