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Second-Generation mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, CV2CoV, Demonstrates Improved Immune Response and Protection in Preclinical Study

The Pharma Data

Better activation of innate and adaptive immune responses was achieved with CV2CoV, resulting in faster response onset, higher titers of antibodies, and stronger memory B and T cell activation as compared to the first-generation candidate, CVnCoV. “In Induction of innate immunity was investigated via specific cytokine markers.

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A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene

Broad Institute

By Greta Friar, Whitehead Institute June 27, 2024 Images of a mouse brain show the effect of a technology called CHARM in turning off the expression of a gene in the brain. Vallabh soon found out that she inherited the same disease-causing mutation in the prion protein gene. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al.

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first-line monotherapy treatment for people with a type of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

The Pharma Data

If approved, Tecentriq could offer people with a specific type of lung cancer a chemotherapy-free option in the first-line treatment setting. We remain committed to providing effective and tailored lung cancer treatment options, and this announcement is an important step toward this goal.”. months; hazard ratio [HR]=0.59, 95% CI: 0.40–0.89;

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials.

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Tracking Elusive Breast Cancer Cells

PerkinElmer

With no natural enemies left to stop tumor cells, they proliferate and lead to tumors that can even adapt to various treatments to evade immunity. The Results, Please Dr. Hinterneder’s research confirms that PD-L1 protein expression levels in human cells can be quickly and accurately assessed with the AlphaLISA human PD-L1 assay.

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Roche’s Tecentriq approved by European Commission as a first-line monotherapy treatment for people with a type of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

The Pharma Data

Tecentriq monotherapy has been shown to improve overall survival in people with high PD-L1 expression, when compared to chemotherapy, and therefore represents a new treatment option for people living with this difficult-to-treat disease.”. 0.89; p=0.0106) in people with high PD-L1 expression (TC3 or IC3-wild-type [WT]).

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Codon Digest: CAR-T Therapy for Neuroblastoma

Codon

Of those, 17 children responded to the treatment, and the 3-year overall survival rate was 60 percent. AI + Bio *Transfer learning for cross-context prediction of protein expression from 5’UTR sequence. The CAR-T cells were detectable in 26 out of 27 children after 30 months. Subscribe to learn more. Gene Therapy.