Broad Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A five-year contract totalling up to $31 million including programme options has been awarded to Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop next-generation vaccine adjuvants. The post Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop novel vaccine adjuvants appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 3, 2023

It becomes the ninth Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised by the UK’s independent medicines regulator. The clinical evidence for the authorisation is based on data from a study of 765 adults who had received primary vaccination with two doses of the Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine and who were given a booster dose of either Bimervax or Comirnaty.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 26, 2024

A clinical trial of a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma patients has been launched in the UK. In addition to encoding the target antigens, mRNA vaccines also provide adjuvant properties that amplify the immune response. in the combination arm and 62.2%

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The scientists say the tool can help inform the development of vaccines and therapies for SARS-CoV-2 and other rapidly mutating viruses. The University has also launched a new global consortium to research and develop next-generation Covid-19 and flu vaccines, backed by £8 ($9.8) million funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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Drugs.com

APRIL 12, 2024

FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 -- A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).There There is currently no vaccine for chlamydia, which.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Replicate Bioscience has dosed the first participant in a Phase I trial of its RBI-4000 vaccine for the prevention of rabies. Replicate’s srRNA technology offers the potential for more robust and durable immune responses, and improved tolerability at lower doses than existing mRNA approaches,” said Zelanna Goldberg, CMO of Replicate. “In

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 30, 2023

Likang Life Sciences has been granted implied approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the clinical trial of its innovative personalised neoantigen-targeted vaccine LK101 Injection for advanced solid tumours. Vaccines predicated on neoantigens therefore elicit truly tumour-specific T cell responses.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

JUNE 12, 2023

Peer-reviewed / Randomised Controlled Trial / People Study of healthy US adults found that a single dose of the VLA1553 vaccine candidate was generally safe, well tolerated and provokes an immune response.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 20, 2023

An investigational HIV vaccine regimen was safe but did not provide protection against HIV, an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) has determined. No safety issues In its scheduled data review, the DSMB determined there were no safety issues with the experimental vaccine regimen.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus. “An

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford, UK, has launched the LEGACY03 study into human immunity, aimed to improve the design of seasonal vaccines and allow targeting by age group. As we age, our immune system changes and with it our response to vaccines.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

An experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was proved to be safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. No approved vaccines or specific therapies are available for MARV disease, aside from supportive care. Credit: NIAID.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 17, 2023

It is believed that new Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax will be effective against the fast-spreading EG.5 The new vaccine versions all target Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, 5, though the latter does contain one particular mutation that is known to evade immunity. Focus on Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 29, 2024

The first study of the use of microarray patches to vaccinate children has shown that the method is safe and induces strong immune responses.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 16, 2023

Personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with pembrolizumab alone in patients with high-risk melanoma. According to the results of the primary trial analysis, after 18 months, the RFS was 78.6%

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2022

Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a Phase I clinical trial studying the immune response and safety of their newly-developed single shot rabies vaccine, ChAdOx2 RabG. Additionally, the researchers assessed longer term immune responses.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 26, 2020

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, elicited immune responses in older coronavirus patients similar to ones generated in younger adults, lending more promise to a vaccine that’s seen as one of the leading contenders in the race to become the first approved COVID-19 vaccine. Source link.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 27, 2023

HB-400, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine developed by HOOKIPA Pharma and Gilead Sciences, has been shown to generate robust T cell responses specific to hepatitis B virus with high antibody levels in a preclinical setting. A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HB‑400 in humans is ongoing.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The University of Queensland is set to take a second-generation molecular clamp vaccine to a proof-of-concept human trial. . million to support further development of the re-engineered technology for use in the global response to future disease outbreaks. . Image: Dr Noushin Jaberolansar and Dr Andrew Young at lab bench.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 4, 2021

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 Discovery World

AUGUST 25, 2023

A new study at UTHealth Houston in the US has found that several routine vaccinations are linked to a significant reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In 2022, Schulz’s team also found that people who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their unvaccinated peers to develop AD.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 14, 2023

For the first time, researchers have developed an mRNA vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans, paving the way for effective vaccination against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, until now scientists believed that mRNA vaccines against bacteria were biologically undoable.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 22, 2020

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, currently being evaluated in phase 3 global trials, delivers a strong immune response, according to a new UK study. Source link.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A research group from the National Institutes of Health has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on the licensed Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine. SUDV, identified in 1976, is one of the four viruses known to cause human Ebolavirus disease.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Covid-19 booster candidate UB-612 has achieved its immunogenicity endpoints in a head-to-head trial against three vaccine platforms: mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT162b2), adenovirus vector (AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1-S), and inactivated virus (Sinopharm’s BIBP). 5 variants compared to adenovirus vector (ChAdOx1-S) and inactivated (BIBP) vaccines.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Evonik has launched a non-animal-derived squalene suitable for vaccines and other pharmaceutical applications. Adjuvants are additives that boost the body’s immune response to the active ingredient in a vaccine. Squalene is a natural organic compound that is used as a component in some adjuvant systems.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

An experimental therapeutic cancer vaccine induced immune system responses that led to significant tumour regression in mice, according to investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. .

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

New research has furthered our understanding of the immune-related factors that drive infection and disease, which will be necessary for an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be developed. The identification of specific correlates of protection for infection could support the development of a vaccine against M.tb

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 27, 2023

The first subjects have been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial of VXX-401, an investigational vaccine designed to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a known factor in heart disease. With an LDL-lowering vaccine we can potentially offer an option that’s cost-effective, safe, convenient, long-acting, and deployable.”

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 11, 2023

In a new development, a recent paper published in Biology Methods & Protocols by Oxford University Press has highlighted a promising avenue for enhancing vaccine efficacy against infectious pathogens like the COVID-19 virus. The implications of this finding are far-reaching, as it holds the potential to revolutionize vaccine design.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Vice President, Clinical Development, Infectious Diseases at Moderna examines the data on cytomegalovirus (CMV), why attempts at vaccines for CMV have so far proved elusive and the emerging options to address this unmet need. . Progression of vaccines . Allison August, M.D.,

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for VAX-24, Vaxcyte’s 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. . The post Breakthrough Therapy designation for pneumococcal disease vaccine appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drugs.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

14, 2023 -- An oral vaccine for COVID-19 appears to produce the sort of immune response that could quickly stamp out a developing infection, according to results from a small-scale primate study. THURSDAY, Sept. Some monkeys given an experimental.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

The study assessed cynomolgus macaques vaccinated with 12µg of either the first or second-generation vaccine candidate. During challenge with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, animals vaccinated with CV2CoV were found to be better protected based on highly effective clearance of the virus in the lungs and nasal passages.

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