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Delaying second dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine produces stronger immune response

The Pharma Data

The first peer-reviewed study in North America examining the timing between the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines shows that a longer dose interval leads to a stronger immune response. The study is funded by the Government of Canada through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF).

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Drug repurposing in SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19: preventing the maladaptive immune response leading to critical disease requiring ICU care.

Plenge Gen

Pharmacologic intervention has the opportunity to impact disease progression in the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 crisis. … The post Drug repurposing in SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19: preventing the maladaptive immune response leading to critical disease requiring ICU care. The views expressed here are my own.]

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How the Classic TB Vaccine Treats Bladder Cancer – Zebrafish Avatars Reveal Mechanism

PLOS: DNA Science

One of the oldest and most successful immunotherapies is simpler: a tamed version of a classic vaccine, against the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). Their report appears in Disease Models and Mechanisms. Eventually, a strain emerged that seemingly protected against a host developing the associated infectious lung disease.

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LDL cholesterol vaccine ‘could be a game-changer’

Drug Discovery World

The first subjects have been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial of VXX-401, an investigational vaccine designed to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a known factor in heart disease. The drug works by targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 serine protease (PCSK9).

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Treatment potential for immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome  

Drug Discovery World

Poolbeg Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, has announced promising in vivo results for POLB 001 in addressing cancer immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS). million cases of cancer by 2030 1,2.

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‘Angry Blood’ haemodialysis study recruits its 300th patient 

Drug Discovery World

Angry blood occurs in approximately 20% of patients undergoing HD, making them more susceptible to heart disease, risk of stroke, damage to blood vessels and a very poor patient prognosis. During HD, blood interacts with the biomaterials of the HD circuit.

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First-line clinical trial marks a turning point in drug development 

Drug Discovery World

Genoscience Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company developing lysosomotropic drug candidates for the treatment of cancer, fibrosis and auto-immune diseases through autophagy modulation has launched the ABE-LIVER study, along with trial sponsor Grenoble University Hospital. . The trial . Official comments .