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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. It has been well established that exposure to wild-type AAV results in priming of the immune system against the virus. Nature Communications 6 , 6246 (2015). Münch RC, et al.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

For example, combining IO agents with ADCs to mount a two-pronged attack against cancer by activating an anti-cancer immune response and directly killing cancer cells may drive stronger and more durable responses in the clinic. 2015);126(1):9-16. 2015);126(4):454-462. Strati P, Shanafelt TD.

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#WhyIScience Q&A: A microbiologist and immunologist finds links between our own microbes and disease mechanisms

Broad Institute

In 2015, while pursuing a PhD in microbiology at the University of British Columbia, Brown received a scholarship opportunity to work abroad for a summer. The Xavier Lab looks at interactions between microbes in your gut and your immune system, and diseases such as arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

More recently, researchers have begun to look at conjugating immunomodulatory agents to antibodies to directly activate an immune response against the tumour. This approach – immune-stimulating antibody conjugates (ISACs) – uses a payload that stimulates the innate and adaptive immune responses, recruiting tumour-fighting T cells.

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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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Lead Pharma Teams with Roche on Oral Small Molecules for Immune-Mediated Diseases

The Pharma Data

In 2015, Lead Pharma partnered with Sanofi to develop and commercialize small-molecule therapies against ROR?t t for the treatment of autoimmune diseases , which occur when the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues as foreign invaders. . Humans as well as cats and dogs can be affected. .

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Positive new data for Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine on activity against Delta variant and long-lasting durability of response

The Pharma Data

In addition, the data showed that the durability of the immune response lasted through at least eight months, the length of time evaluated to date. In addition, we observe a persistent and particularly robust, durable cellular immune response,” said Mathai Mammen, M.D., 2) variants during the study period.

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