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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

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).

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Prior to that, Mr Ho was at New Leaf Venture Partners, a leading healthcare venture capital firm, where he launched and managed the public investments and cross-over portfolio, and served as its Public Investment Director from 2010 to 2014. gammadelta T cells link innate and adaptive immune responses. Cells 9(40):800 (2020).

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GSK presents pivotal data at ESPID confirming effectiveness of its 5-in-1 meningococcal ABCWY vaccine candidate, with demonstrated coverage against a panel of 110 MenB strains

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Bexsero is used as the comparator for the MenB immune responses induced by the MenABCWY vaccine in the trial, which is both the phase III trial for MenABCWY and confirmatory trial for Bexsero in the US. There are a total of 11 primary endpoints for the trial, five for MenABCWY and six for Bexsero.

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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Neoantigens are recognised as non-self and trigger an immune response.

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FDA Authorizes Phase 1 Trial of ImmunityBio’s Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate hAd5; Dual Construct is Designed to Drive Both T Cell and Antibody Immunity

The Pharma Data

Additionally, immunogenicity, duration of immune response and occurrence of symptomatic COVID-19 will be measured. Anti-tumor immunotherapy despite immunity to adenovirus using a novel adenoviral vector Ad5 [E1-, E2b-]-CEA. 2010 Jul;59(7):1131-5. Epub 2010 Apr 2. The Oncol, 25: 479-e899. PMID: 20361185.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

Xiaomin Fan, Founder, President and CEO of AvantGen, “Even with the recent Emergency Use Authorization of multiple vaccines, we believe there remains an urgent need for potent antibody therapies and prophylactics for immunocompromised patients who cannot mount an adequate immune response either to the vaccine or to subsequent viral infection.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

a lower risk of immune responses. reports Cas9 proteins that can penetrate into the central nervous system without being packaged into an adeno-associated virus, all while causing a lower immune response than a prior version of the same technology. ” And a third paper (BOOM!)