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Key Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Development Outlined
Researchers have found that vaccine design against SARS-CoV-2 can face specific challenges and that vaccine development approaches require an understanding of how the immune system naturally responds to a specific infection as well as how vaccines might trigger specific protective responses.
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Four of Six COVID-19 Patients Improved After Heart Cell Therapy
Four of six critically ill COVID-19 patients significantly improved after receiving an experimental therapeutic designed to reduce inflammation, a major cause of death from this disease, according to a new study.
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Allergens for Immunotherapy Mass Produced Using a Plant-based System
Researchers have developed a novel system that enables the mass production of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1, used for allergy immunotherapy, in plant leaves in just a matter of days.
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Peptide Drugs Designed to Be Taken as a Pill
Scientists from the EPFL have developed a method to generate peptides that resist enzymatic degradation and can be taken orally.
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Team Identifies Checkpoint Target for Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy
Researchers have identified ST2 as a novel checkpoint molecule that could help T cells become more effective.
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Scientists Team Up To Create A Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine R&D
Vaccine development can often take many years. To accelerate the process, a team of scientists have come together to create a plan – a coordinated and efficient approach - to creating vaccines against COVID-19.
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Focused Ultrasound Could Let Drugs Bypass the Blood-Brain Barrier
The use of focused ultrasound to defy the brain’s protective barrier could mean that doctors can deliver treatments directly into the brain to battle neurological diseases.
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A New Way To Treat a Snakebite?
A team of researchers has shown that an existing medicine, commonly used to treat mercury poisoning, can be repurposed as an oral therapy for the treatment of certain snakebites.
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Animal Study Suggests Liver Surgery Success Could Be Boosted by Growth Hormone
A new study in mice suggests that growth hormone plays a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery.
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Novel Gene-based Vaccine Candidate Against SARS-CoV-2 in Development
Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), members of Mass General Brigham, today announced progress towards the testing and development of an experimental vaccine called AAVCOVID, a novel gene-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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