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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

Here, I focus on a specific clinical inflection point in COVID-19 disease progression – hospitalized patients early in their disease course and with signs of a maladaptive immune response, with the intervention intended to prevent disease progression and admission to the ICU. appeared first on Plenge Gen @rplenge.

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Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection

Broad Institute

Reporting in Science , researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have made a surprising discovery about these drugs. They found that mIDH1 inhibitors trick the tumor cells into thinking they are infected with a virus, causing the immune system to mount an antiviral response.

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Innovating in Autoimmune and Bone Health Research: Driving Progress for Better Patient Outcomes

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Scientists now use cutting-edge techniques, including biological therapies that target specific immune system components and precision medicine approaches that personalize treatment plans based on a patient’s genetic profile.

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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

NK cells are among the front line of protection from infected and abnormal cells as part of the ‘innate immune response’. They recognise ‘cell stress molecules’ on the surface of infected, old, injured and cancerous cells without the need for complex pre-stimulation signals of the adaptive immune system (eg, T cells).

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Regeneron’s Antibody Cocktail Shows Efficacy as COVID-19 Treatment | 2021-01-26

The Pharma Data

Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail reduced medical visits for COVID-19 patients who had not been hospitalized by almost 50 percent, according to interim clinical trial results reported by researchers at the company. And safety outcomes were similar in the REGN-COV2 dose groups and the placebo group.

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Could Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Be a Lifesaver Against Severe COVID-19?

The Pharma Data

” The clinical trial involved 24 COVID patients at one of two Miami-area hospitals who had developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, a condition in which the body’s immune response to a serious infection causes the lungs to fill with fluid. The stem cells also sped recovery time.