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Second-Generation mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, CV2CoV, Demonstrates Improved Immune Response and Protection in Preclinical Study

The Pharma Data

Better activation of innate and adaptive immune responses was achieved with CV2CoV, resulting in faster response onset, higher titers of antibodies, and stronger memory B and T cell activation as compared to the first-generation candidate, CVnCoV. “In Induction of innate immunity was investigated via specific cytokine markers.

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

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Developing an mRNA therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Drug Target Review

There are a few approved therapies for DMD including four exon-skipping drugs and one AAV-microdystrophin drug, which uses a shortened version of dystrophin. AAV-based therapies often can’t be dosed more than once due to concerns about an immune response. 2020 Jul 3;10(1):10967. Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids.

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Q&A: How a partnership between physicians and researchers aims to make cancer drugs safer

Broad Institute

Earlier this year, the researchers shared their first translational results, describing the immune cell response underlying colon inflammation in patients undergoing ICI therapy. These are home-run, breakthrough therapies, and quite an amazing success story. How did you go about launching this effort?

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Study reveals how cancer immunotherapy may cause heart inflammation in some patients

Broad Institute

By Leah Eisenstadt November 6, 2024 Credit: Ricardo Job-Reese, Broad Communications Despite being one of the rarer complications from immune checkpoint inhibitors, myocarditis is the most deadly. This work provides a biological foundation for testing more targeted therapies for myocarditis due to an immune checkpoint inhibitor.

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A backpack full of multiple sclerosis therapy

The Pharma Data

The Atlas of MS reported in 2020 that someone is diagnosed with MS every five minutes around the world, adding to about 2.8 While no cure is available for MS, existing disease-modifying therapies in the form of small molecule and protein drugs either directly target the self-reactive immune cells or broadly dampen inflammation.

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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

Genome engineering and gene therapies that manipulate DNA sequences in cells have driven a biotechnological revolution over the past decade. 9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. Nature 578 , 229-236 (2020). Ylä-Herttuala S.