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Opinion: The next frontier in biomedicine: AI models of the human immune system

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If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us one thing, it is how little we really know about how the human immune system works. Decoding and harnessing the power of the human immune system is one of the great frontiers of biomedicine.

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Could long Covid’s signs of immune dysregulation in the blood lead to a diagnostic test?

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New research published Thursday in Science has identified proteins present in the blood of people with long Covid that could point the way to a much-needed diagnostic test and possibly to future therapeutic targets.

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Pandemic-related immunity gap in kids explains surge of respiratory infections in children in China, says WHO

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The evidence presented to the WHO team pointed to what’s sometimes called an immunity gap that was created by the pandemic. But a rapidly organized meeting Thursday between the World Health Organization and health officials in China assuaged much of that concern.

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Examining Pharmacists Role in the Current Vaccine Landscape

Drug Topics

Posters presented at the APhA 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition discussed pharmacist barriers in pediatric immunizations, a novel meningococcal vaccine, and the need for inpatient reviews of vaccination history.

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May I Present the Neoantigen

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Experts believe it is likely cancer cells are more common in the body than previously thought, but typically caught early and removed in the body’s cancer-immune cycle. When the system is in good working order (and protecting us), dead cancer cells release neoantigens.

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Tackling immune-mediated disease with CAR Tregs

European Pharmaceutical Review

Recognising the potential of CAR T cells to act as highly targeted therapeutics, several biotechnology companies – including Sangamo Therapeutics – have established development pipelines of CAR T regulatory cells (Tregs) that aim to tackle immune?mediated What are Tregs and how are they applicable to immune-mediated disease?

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Rapid COVID immune status test launched in UK, Ireland

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While there are plenty of tests already available that can give a yes/no reading of whether antibodies are present, the Chembio test measures the level of antibodies as well, so can tell whether a patient is likely to be protected against the coronavirus. The post Rapid COVID immune status test launched in UK, Ireland appeared first on.