New York City, January 6, 2021 — CytoDel, Inc. («CytoDel» or «the Company»), a privately-held corporation, today announces the publication of preclinical data on the Company’s lead product, Cyto-111, in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Translational Medicine. The complete text of the article titled, «Neuronal Delivery of Antibodies has Therapeutic Effects in Animal Models of Botulism,»…
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LA JOLLA—New data suggest that nearly all COVID-19 survivors have the immune cells necessary to fight re-infection. The findings, based on analyses of blood samples from 188 COVID-19 patients, suggest that responses to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, from all major players in the «adaptive» immune system, which learns to fight specific pathogens, can last for…
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E. coli food poisoning is one of the worst food poisonings, causing bloody diarrhea and kidney damage. But all the carnage might be just an unintended side effect, researchers from UConn Health report in the 27 November issue of Science Immunology. Their findings might lead to more effective treatments for this potentially deadly disease. Escherichia…
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Skokie, IL — The ISSCR’s VISION2030 is bringing together biotech CEOs who have successfully transformed scientific breakthroughs into thriving businesses that are improving human health. Join us for in-depth executive interviews that explore the next decade for the field on 7-8 January 2021. The event comes at a pivotal moment in regenerative medicine and stem…
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The Lustgarten Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have established two new career development awards for early-career female and underrepresented pancreatic cancer researchers, representing a generous commitment of the Lustgarten Foundation of up to $1.8 million. The awards will honor the extraordinary lives and legacies of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth…
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Related to new research published in the January issue of Science Translational Medicine, Patrick McNutt, PhD, of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, was part of the research team that demonstrated a new «Trojan horse» approach that produces strong antidotal efficacy in treating lethal botulism in mice, guinea pigs and rhesus macaque monkeys. Furthermore,…
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HOUSTON and MONROVIA, Calif. ? The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Xencor, Inc. today announced a strategic research collaboration and commercialization agreement to develop novel CD3 bispecific antibody therapeutics for the potential treatment of patients with cancer. This collaboration joins Xencor’s innovative XmAb® technology and protein engineering expertise to create bispecific antibodies…
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Lebanon, NH — Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH), New Hampshire’s only academic health system serving nearly 2 million patients across northern New England, and West Health, a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to lower health care costs to enable successful aging, are bringing accredited geriatric emergency care and, for the first time, providing older adults…
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A team of renowned scientific experts has joined forces from across the world to help fight the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, which hold the key to beating the deadly pandemic and releasing countries from debilitating lockdown restrictions. Together they have created a unique online guide, published today and led by the University…
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A recent study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found that sons born to mothers who fell within the overweight range were more likely to be diagnosed with infertility during adulthood than sons of mothers with normal-range weight. No association between maternal weight and infertility was seen in daughters. In the Danish study of…
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