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JULY 11, 2024

Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection By Ari Navetta July 11, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection Exploiting "viral mimicry," mIDH1 inhibitors trick tumors into thinking they are infected with a virus.

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JUNE 6, 2023

In this IO arena, we continue to search for additional treatments that can further benefit patients. 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.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We had built a machine learning classifier that has been trained to identify amino acid sequences that have the potential to mimic ‘host defense peptides’ from the human innate immune system. Such peptides play a critical role in the machinery for amplifying innate immune responses.

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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.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi and Translate Bio (NASDAQ: TBIO), a clinical-stage messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics company, have initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an mRNA-based investigational vaccine against seasonal influenza. JUNE 22 , 2021.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. Additionally, the platform may be applied to various classes of treatments, such as therapeutic antibodies or protein degradation.

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JUNE 25, 2021

Phase 1 interim data reported in November 2020 showed that CVnCoV was generally well tolerated across all tested doses and induced strong antibody responses in addition to first indication of T cell activation. A pivotal Phase 2b/3, the HERALD study, with a 12µg dose of CVnCoV was initiated in December 2020. About CureVac.

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JULY 6, 2021

At ISTH, we are sharing data across all our innovative approaches and collectively, the data reinforce how our pipeline and portfolio may unlock new possibilities in the treatment of rare blood disorders.”. Breaking barriers in hemophilia: helping to evolv e the treatment paradigm. ePoster Abstract # OC48.2 ePoster Abstract # OC48.2

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DrugBank

APRIL 24, 2025

Epigenetic changes are governed by chemical modifications such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, RNA-mediated processes, and all-controlling chromatin structure and gene accessibility. After treatment, cells may revert to their abnormal epigenetic states, necessitating combination therapies to achieve durable responses.

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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. Forward-Looking Statements.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Immunization of non-human primates (rhesus macaques) with BNT162b2, a nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate that expresses the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, resulted in strong anti-viral effects against an infectious SARS-CoV-2 challenge. producing CD8+ T cell responses, which is thought to promote an anti-viral effect.

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Broad Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The reference, called the Immune Dictionary , appears today in Nature. 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. For many immune-mediated diseases, there's no cure or treatment.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Manguso, who’d recently graduated from college and was conducting research at the University of Copenhagen as a Fulbright scholar, moved back to the Boston area to be with his mother as she underwent treatment. His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job.

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Broad Institute

JUNE 27, 2024

Neurons were classified by software as either positive for prion protein expression (yellow) before treatment with CHARM (left panel), or negative (purple) after treatment (right panel). ZFPs are also common in human cells, meaning they are less likely to trigger an immune response against themselves than the bacterial Cas9.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have made significant advancements in treating oncological diseases, with therapies like CAR-T cell treatments transforming cancer care. By correcting these mutations, gene-modifying and editing therapies hold the promise of long-term, potentially curative treatments.

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Broad Institute

MAY 1, 2024

By Allessandra DiCorato May 1, 2024 Credit: Ricardo Job-Reese, Broad Communications The health benefits of exercise are well known but new research shows that the body’s response to exercise is more complex and far-reaching than previously thought. They have already started studies on people to track the molecular effects of exercise.

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APRIL 26, 2023

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass), US, have collaborated to create a novel type of nanoparticle that can deliver messenger RNA that encodes for beneficial proteins to the lungs.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Could you elaborate on the safety profile observed in the study regarding the administration and treatment with Bobcat mRNA-DMD and how it compares to current therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy? AAV-based therapies often can’t be dosed more than once due to concerns about an immune response. 2014 Jan 1;3.

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JULY 11, 2023

These innovative approaches offer unprecedented insights into the intricate mechanisms underlying diseases and open up exciting possibilities for more targeted and effective treatments. AI’s role in sequencing Bulk BCR RNA sequencing looks at specific B cells circulating in a blood sample that are producing these common antibodies.

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MARCH 8, 2022

While the development of vaccines was accomplished in a remarkably short timeframe, the identification of direct antiviral treatments has progressed comparatively slowly. In the light of the further risk of pandemics in the future, however, there remains need for direct antiviral drugs and treatments.

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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.

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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.

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SugarCone Biotech

MAY 28, 2019

is focused on the response of sarcomas to immunotherapy ( [link] ). The soft tissue sarcomas (STS) have mixed clinical responses to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) treatment, and it is not clear what drives the variable response. focused on ICB response in melanoma ( [link] ). The paper by Cabrita et al.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine contains messenger RNA (mRNA), which is genetic material. After a person receives this vaccine, their body produces copies of the spike protein, which does not cause disease, but triggers the immune system to learn to react defensively, producing an immune response against SARS-CoV-2.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The FDA has broadened the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for baricitinib to allow for treatment with or without remdesivir. The European Commission granted marketing authorization for Jardiance ® as a treatment for adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (systolic heart failure).

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Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

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. Unfortunately, they can also trigger immune responses, and they are not super efficient at gene-editing some parts of the brain.

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Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

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. Unfortunately, they can also trigger immune responses, and they are not super efficient at gene-editing some parts of the brain.

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

Of those, 17 children responded to the treatment, and the 3-year overall survival rate was 60 percent. Small snippets of double-stranded RNA were sprayed onto hot pepper plants to control a pest, called Frankliniella occidentalis. The RNA strands shut down a specific gene in the insects, and killed half after 7 days.

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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 ). Prior therapeutic viruses had had their replication capabilities crippled out of fear of severe immune responses. There was scFormer in 2022, scGPT in 2023, and plenty of others.

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JUNE 26, 2021

BNT111 is the lead product candidate from BioNTech’s FixVac platform that targets a fixed combination of mRNA-encoded, tumor-associated antigens with the objective of triggering a strong and precise immune response against cancer and is fully owned by BioNTech.

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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.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Galidesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral, an adenosine nucleoside analog that blocks viral RNA polymerase. Azura Ophthalmics announced topline data from its Phase III ECLIPTIC trial of AZR-MD-001 for treatment of contact lens discomfort. It reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 78%. Polyphor received approval in the U.K.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 16, 2024

As soon as the initial RNA genome sequence of the pathogen that would be named SARS-CoV-2 was published, CDC and other organizations began developing diagnostic tests. • identifies parts of the virus to target to provoke an immune response from a vaccine. • reveals viral vulnerability to inspire novel treatments.

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Codon

DECEMBER 12, 2024

DNA and RNA molecules are also built from exclusively right-handed nucleic acids. Across the tree of life, organisms strictly require exactly one of the two chiral forms of their molecular building blocks — amino acids, nucleotides of RNA and DNA. 4 As far as we know, right-handed proteins never occur naturally.

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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.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines encode a form of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine teaches the cells to make a piece of the spike protein, which triggers an immune response to help prevent illness if later exposed to the virus. Orladeyo should not be used for the treatment of acute HAE attacks.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

(LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Cambridge, UK.

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