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Dexamethasone’s COVID-19 benefits confirmed; spotlight on immune cells
expresspharma
July 20, 2020
The full results of a large randomized clinical trial in Britain looking at the steroid dexamethasone confirmed the benefits in its use in COVID-19 patients that were hinted at in early findings issued last month.
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Even in the worst COVID-19 cases, the body launches immune cells to fight back
worldpharmanews
July 01, 2020
A new study from researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) shows that even the sickest COVID-19 patients produce T cells that help fight the virus.
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SNBNCBS develops nanomedicine for better immune power to treat viral infections
expresspharma
May 05, 2020
It alters oxidative stress in the body to aid immune cells to perform their natural functions more efficiently.
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'Own' immune cells to target infectious diseases including COVID-19
worldpharmanews
April 26, 2020
The engineering of specific virus-targeting receptors onto a patient's own immune cells is now being explored by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS).
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Immune cells against Alzheimer's?
worldpharmanews
March 11, 2020
Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Munich and Denali Therapeutics (South San Francisco, CA, USA) ...
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Researchers develop genomic barcode to track immune cells
pharmaceutical-technology
July 18, 2019
A Garvan Institute of Medical Research team in Australia has created a genomic barcode to identify immune cells that recognise and act against cancer from within a patient’s immune system.
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Calypso Biotech BV Secures 20 Million EUR in Series A Financing and Strengthens Team to Develop Anti-IL-15 Therapeutic Antibody for Autoimmune Diseases
b3cnewswire
February 21, 2019
Calypso Biotech, an emerging leader in the development of therapeutic antibodies for autoimmune diseases, announces today the closing of a €20M Series A financing co-led by Gilde Healthcare and Inkef Capital.....
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Blocking brain inflammation in multiple sclerosis with gut immune cells
fiercebiotech
January 07, 2019
While some immune cells cause the damaging brain inflammation of multiple sclerosis, others work to mitigate it. Researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of California.....
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Tumour immune cells could aid cancer therapies
worldpharmanew
November 10, 2018
A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research suggests. Scientists say the approach could be used to help doctors choose the best treatments for individual pa
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Gilead, Verily ally to analyze immune cells from inflammatory disease patients
fiercebiotech
May 02, 2018
Gilead has teamed up with Verily to analyze the effect its drugs have on the immune cells of patients with inflammatory diseases.