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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 4, 2023 Credit: AbbVie The new small molecule inhibitor (green) sits inside the PTPN2 protein, where acidic sites are marked in red and basic sites are marked in blue. A new small-molecule drug candidate being tested in an early-stage clinical trial aims to improve patient responses to immunotherapy.

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Clinical Catch-Up: January 11-15 | BioSpace

The Pharma Data

Johnson & Johnson published interim Phase I/IIa data in the New England Journal of Medicine showing its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate created an immune response that lasted at least 71 days. The data showed that the vaccine induced an immune response and was generally well-tolerated. Most Read Today.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

After injection of such a vaccine, the mRNA instructs cells to produce proteins designed to stimulate an immune response against these same protein targets when they show up in viruses or in tumor cells. Adoptive T Cell Therapies Adoptive T cell therapy is another form of cancer treatment leveraging the patient’s immune system.

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A backpack full of multiple sclerosis therapy

The Pharma Data

These “acute inflammatory lesions” then attract other myeloid cells, as well as self-reactive T and B cells that belong to the immune system’s second arm, known as the “adaptive immune system” and directly attack the myelin covering. “Current MS therapies do not specifically target myeloid cells. .

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New targeted therapies show promise in lung cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

Engineering sites on the antibody to enable specific and consistent attachment of the cytotoxic drug to achieve an optimal drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR). The development of more hydrophilic linkers helps maintain the structural and functional integrity of the antibody in the final conjugate.

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Biopharma Money on the Move: October 21-27

The Pharma Data

Be Bio plans to use their $52 million Series A to precisely engineer B cells to treat a range of diseases. Primmune aims to advance the development of their novel orally-administered, small molecule toll-like receptor 7 agonists as therapeutic-adjuvants for acute viral diseases and cancer. said of B cells’ potential.

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Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

DrugBank

Nanoparticles, ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers, can be engineered with surface modifications that enable them to recognize and bind to specific biomarkers or receptors overexpressed on the surface of target cells. These ligands can be antibodies, peptides, aptamers, or small molecules.

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