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New “dictionary” of immune responses reveals far more complexity in the immune system than previously thought

Broad Institute

Using single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression in individual cells, the researchers have found how 86 major cytokines affect 17 immune cell types in mice. NH: This is the first single-cell resolution dictionary of each major immune cell type responding to each major cytokine in vivo at an unprecedented scale.

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Immuno-oncology innovations redefining cancer treatment in 2024

Drug Target Review

Individualised cancer vaccines are tailored to each patient’s tumour, helping the immune system mount cancer-specific immune responses that can boost checkpoint inhibitor efficacy. Espen integrates clinical and research expertise as Director of Medical Affairs.

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Can a heartburn drug help doctors treat COVID-19?

The Pharma Data

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Wuhan noticed something surprising. “There’s often a phenomenon that doctors report anecdotally, or that’s mentioned in passing in a particular research paper, and that provides a clue – a hook,” he said.

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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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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

The drugs work by blocking a protein, PD-1 — which helps keep immune responses in check — and stimulating the immune system to attack tumors. The team studied the immune response to CRISPR and designed a new technology that they published in 2021 — a way of removing immune-triggering molecules from CRISPR-edited cells.

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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. An immune response is two-tiered.

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The first major set of genetic associations found in long COVID

Drug Target Review

The genes unique to the severe long COVID patients were found to be associated with immune pathways such as myeloid differentiation, macrophage foam cells and lipid signalling pathways.