Institut Pasteur Korea has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)-affiliated research institutes with the aim of pursuing joint research on mRNA vaccine and treatment development.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare and severe condition following SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with intestinal manifestations. The most common clinical features include fever, abdominal pain, rash, myocardial dysfunction and elevated inflammatory biomarkers.
Novel vaccines that can effectively target both coronaviruses and influenza viruses would be desirable to counteract the significant health burden these respiratory pathogens pose.
The aberrant immune response against self-antigens occurring in autoimmune diseases involves dysregulation of members of intracellular signal transduction pathways such as interleukin-2-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) and Janus kinase (JAK). Aclaris Therapeutics Inc. has detailed the characterization of ATI-2138, a dual ITK/JAK3 covalent inhibitor.
Due to its dual role in adaptive immune responses, modulation of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) is considered a potential strategy to both boost cancer immunotherapies or reduce self-antigen generation in the context of autoimmune diseases.
Hervolution Therapeutics ApS (formerly Inprother Aps) has announced a $11.7 million series A financing to support its work developing novel human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-targeted immunotherapies to address diseases of aging.
Promise Bio Ltd. emerged from stealth with $8.3 million in seed investment for its precision medicine platform, which addresses immune-mediated diseases. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s technology that analyzes proteins and their post-translational modifications to predict the treatment responses of patients with immune-mediated diseases.
Scientists from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami have reported their recent work to develop small-molecule inhibitors of the CD40-CD40L (CD154) costimulatory protein-protein interaction.
Cancer immunotherapies are highly effective treatments for treating hematological malignancies, but usually tied to systemic toxicity, including cytokine release syndrome (CRS).