Protagen to Support Pfizer Clinical Drug Development

A drug delivery device is under development, which works by slowly releasing antibiotics directly into the patient's stomach. This would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly doses, reducing the burden of tuberculosis treatment.

How does the immune system respond to fungi on our skin? Researchers at the University of Zurich have demonstrated that the same immune cells that protect us against skin fungi also encourage the inflammatory symptoms of atopic dermatitis. An antibody therapy could alleviate this chronic inflammatory skin disease.

The current study explains how this age-driven increase in immune signals diminishes the ability of stem cells, essential ingredients in bone repair, to multiply.