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One shot to stop HIV: MIT's bold vaccine breakthrough

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers from MIT and Scripps have unveiled a promising new HIV vaccine approach that generates a powerful immune response with just one dose. By combining two immune-boosting adjuvants alum and SMNP the vaccine lingers in lymph nodes for nearly a month, encouraging the body to produce a vast array of antibodies.

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Scientists engineer CRISPR enzymes that evade the immune system

Broad Institute

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Cyrus Biotechnology have now engineered two CRISPR nucleases, Cas9 and Cas12, to mask them from the immune system. The engineered enzymes had similar gene-editing efficiency and reduced immune responses compared to standard nucleases in mice.

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Innovating in Autoimmune and Bone Health Research: Driving Progress for Better Patient Outcomes

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Fortunately, advances in clinical research are providing hope for better treatments and outcomes. With the support of global networks like ours at Worldwide Clinical Trials (Worldwide), autoimmune and bone health research is accelerating, providing new solutions to patients around the world.

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Design and Development of Novel Hybrids Based on Pyrrolo[2,1‐f][1,2,4]Triazine and 1‐(Methylpiperidin‐4‐yl) Aniline–Based Analogs: Exploring the Utility as Anticancer Agents via MERTK Inhibition

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

It plays a key role in cancer cell survival and proliferation and regulates immune responses in cancer. ABSTRACT Mer-tyrosine kinase (MERTK), a member of the AXL, TYRO3, and MERTK (TAM) family, is one of the promising targets for cancer treatment.

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How GPCR-targeting therapies are advancing the fight against inflammatory disease

Drug Target Review

Moreover, GPCRs have a complex pharmacology, with each acting as a kind of signalling hub for an array of downstream signals, in contrast to simpler receptors which are generally responsible for one signal.

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Aryl Pyrazolopyrimidines as Toll‐Like Receptor 7 Agonists

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

A pyrazolopyrimidine, 2-((4-methoxyphenyl)amino)-7-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile exhibits TLR7 agonistic activity and stimulates an innate immune response in RAW264.7 These findings suggest that the title compound acts as a TLR7 agonist and enhances the innate immune response. macrophages.

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Targeting CD40 with bispecifics to outsmart tumours

Drug Target Review

This is partly because cancer cells are shrewd and often develop ways to evade immune detection. To overcome these escape mechanisms researchers are exploring a wider arsenal of therapeutic strategies. Prior attempts to target CD40 have been limited to varying degrees by unwanted immune activation causing side effects.