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Excerpt from the Press Release: ZUG, Switzerland, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 2, 2022 – CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases, and ViaCyte, Inc., a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company developing novel cell replacement therapies to address diseases with significant unmet needs, today…
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pardes Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRDS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing PBI-0451 as a potential novel direct-acting, oral antiviral drug candidate for the treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infections and associated diseases (i.e., COVID-19), today announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for PBI-0451 has been cleared…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synthekine Inc., an engineered cytokine therapeutics company, today announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1a/1b clinical trial of its IL-2 partial agonist, STK-012, for the treatment of solid tumors. STK-012 is designed as an alpha/beta-biased IL-2 partial agonist to selectively stimulate antigen-activated T…
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–The method could eventually lead to more personalized medicine approaches as well as properly diagnose patients with multiple disorders — Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ –Minority populations have been historically under-represented in existing studies addressing how genetic variations may contribute to a variety of disorders. A new study from researchers at Children’s Hospital…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA — (Feb. 1, 2022) — The first generation of COVID-19 vaccines have been highly effective, but also have limitations: their efficacy can wane without a booster shot, and they may be less effective against some variants. Now scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed a more targeted vaccine that, in animal studies, shows stronger,…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation announced today that its trial of huMNC2-CAR44 T cells (NCT04020575) has now opened at City of Hope, Duarte, California. This is a first-in-human trial targeting the tumor-associated form of MUC1, called MUC1* (muk 1 star). MUC1* is the transmembrane cleavage product that is a growth…
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– Multicenter Phase 1 study to evaluate IO-202 as monotherapy and in combination with an anti-PD-1 Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. (“Immune-Onc”), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company developing novel biotherapeutics targeting immunosuppressive myeloid checkpoints, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cognito Therapeutics and Providence Health Plan today announced a collaboration to conduct a Phase 3 study of Cognito’s breakthrough, non-invasive disease-modifying therapy for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The Phase 3 real-world evidence study will evaluate the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of Cognito’s therapeutic platform in MCI…
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Phase 2 study of Omicron-specific booster candidate (mRNA-1273.529) will include two cohorts: one including participants who received the two-dose primary series of mRNA-1273 and another including participants who received the two-dose primary series and a 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273 Omicron neutralization six months after the third 50 µg dose of mRNA-1273 declined, but remained…
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– Israel Institute for Biological Research files initial scientific results of BriLife vaccine effectiveness in producing neutralizing antibody against Omicron Variant – Neutralizing antibody level against Omicron is approximately 1/3 of the comparable antibody level against the original Corona Virus – Ten of 13 tested patients vaccinated during phase 2 trials demonstrated measurable level of…
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