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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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New UK partnership to accelerate mRNA research

Drug Discovery World

It is hoped that a new partnership between the UK government and BioNTech will help accelerate clinical trials of personalised immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease vaccines. . The agreement means cancer patients will get early access to trials exploring personalised mRNA therapies, like cancer vaccines. .

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Brisbane-Atlanta partnership focuses on pandemic response

Drug Discovery World

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said the Brisbane-Atlanta partnership will bring together world-class researchers to accelerate the development of vaccines to help deliver commercial and public health outcomes. The post Brisbane-Atlanta partnership focuses on pandemic response appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Covid-19: UK volunteers could be given virus to test vaccine

The Pharma Data

Scientists around the globe are working on potential vaccines for coronavirus. The UK could be the first country in the world to carry out Covid “challenge trials” – where healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with coronavirus to test possible vaccines. How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine?

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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in elderly patients

The Pharma Data

Moderna has announced that its coronavirus vaccine candidate has shown promise in generating an immune response in elderly patients in an early-stage clinical trial. . The company has already tested the treatment on 10 adults between the ages of 56-70, and 10 over 71. Conor Kavanagh. Source link.

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Long Covid: A call to action for drug developers

Drug Discovery World

Despite the size of the market and the global impact, there are currently no effective treatments. In short, the virus crashes the CPU, and the whole system slows down significantly. DS: As new variants begin circulating, what impact could this finding have on our understanding and the potential treatment of long Covid?

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Thirteen potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2024

Drug Discovery World

They include therapeutics for conditions including breast cancer, haemophilia A, sickle cell disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and multiple myeloma, among others.

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