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Anatomy of a ‘correlate of protection’ for T-cell vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Cellular immunity and vaccination. The development of vaccines with a strong Type 1 T helper (TH1)-type cellular immune component, such as CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), has been limited to the historical observation that only live?attenuated presentation, but no robust evidence for this outcome has yet been published.

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Resourceful or risky? The UK’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine strategy

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As COVID-19 vaccines are hastily deployed in the UK for priority groups, a debate rages over the government’s controversial strategy to delay time between vaccine doses. When the UK announced the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, it marked an exciting moment for the nation.

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Resourceful or risky? The UK’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine strategy

pharmaphorum

As COVID-19 vaccines are hastily deployed in the UK for priority groups, a debate rages over the government’s controversial strategy to delay time between vaccine doses. When the UK announced the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, it marked an exciting moment for the nation.

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Twenty Women Leaders In Healthcare Industry

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She developed various mobile technologies and pioneered early electronic labels including NFC tags, which helped Thin Film Electronics win the Wall Street Innovation Award and the Global Technology Award. Education: Laura holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the prestigious Harvard Medical School.

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Covid-19 vaccine success bolsters nanoparticle drug delivery research

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since then, the field of nanomedicine has steadily progressed to reach high points such as the successful use of nanotechnology to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA)-based Covid-19 vaccines. In the case of most mRNA vaccines, a lipid nanoparticle-based approach was chosen due to its ability to protect the mRNA in the body and prevent degradation.