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mRNA universal influenza vaccine enters clinical trials

Drug Discovery World

This Phase I trial will test the experimental vaccine, known as H1ssF-3928 mRNA-LNP, for safety and its ability to induce an immune response. Moreover, some strains of influenza virus have significant pandemic potential. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Advancing vaccine design: potential of peptide mimicry

Drug Target Review

In a new development, a recent paper published in Biology Methods & Protocols by Oxford University Press has highlighted a promising avenue for enhancing vaccine efficacy against infectious pathogens like the COVID-19 virus. Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection has become a worldwide urgent public health concern.

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Is Recent Gene Therapy Setback for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Déjà vu All Over Again?

PLOS: DNA Science

Can they deliver healing genes without triggering an overactive immune response? The details are disturbingly reminiscent of the famous case of Jesse Gelsinger , who died from a ferocious immune response to experimental gene therapy in September 1999. Affected children rarely live past infancy. Cardiac markers were okay.

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The promise of nanobodies to neutralise the human norovirus

Drug Target Review

These variants evade the immune response that the body has developed previously, which makes finding effective preventative and therapeutic approaches to control this disease difficult. This is because this blocks the transmission chain, preventing the virus from spreading from cell to cell. Viruses in the GII.4 4 norovirus.

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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

1 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for in vivo gene delivery for the treatment of various human diseases. 9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. Nature reviews Drug discovery 18 , 358-378 (2019).

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Finding Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

It’s now clear that nearly everyone who recovers from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) produces antibodies that specifically target SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the infection. A major one is: just how well do those particular antibodies neutralize the virus to fight off the infection and help someone recover from COVID-19?

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PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE SUBMISSION OF INITIAL DATA TO U.S. FDA TO SUPPORT BOOSTER DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE

The Pharma Data

Still, with the continuing threat of the Delta variant and possible emergence of other variants in the future, we must remain vigilant against this highly contagious virus,” said Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer. We continuously strive to stay at least one step ahead of the virus.

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