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ANTIGENS Seasonal flu is a common infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by influenza virus. There are four types of influenza virus, influenza type A, B, C, and D. The A and B types are of most interest to the medical community because they are the culprits for seasonal epidemics. Occasionally, influenza A, like the A/California/04/09 (H1N1) and A/Hong Kong/1/1968 (H3N2), can even cause global pandemics.
Cancer immunotherapy exploits the bodys own immune system to fight against cancer. CAR-T cell therapy is one of the breakthrough approaches that involves re-engineering a patient’s own
T cells to recognize and eradicate cancer.
Early December, Deutsche Börse has started BIOTECH Insight, a new information service on the German biotech industry.
US cell & gene therapy manufacturer Orgenesis Inc. announced that its joint venture with Theracell Advanced Biotechnology SA has received €32m in funding by Enterprise Greece.
Building on a relentless commitment to customer service and innovation, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences debuts a powerful new interactive customer resource with the launch of its Digital Campus. The 3D platform provides greater access to the companys resources regardless of physical location and allows users to control their experience including the chance to get up close and personal with products and experts.
The start-up competition @AMR conference supported by INCATE has started. Early-stage ventures fighting drug resistant bacterial infections in the therapeutics or diagnostics area interested to be on stage are invited to apply now!
The European Commission has inked the pre-purchase agreement over Valnevas inactivated whole virus pandemic vaccine VLA2001 announed in mid-October.
On 7th July 2021, the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte – BfArM) launched the first sale of cannabis exclusively for medical purposes from cultivation in Germany. Pharmacies are now able to purchase medical cannabis flowers of pharmaceutical drug quality for the supply of patients from the BfArM via the official portal of the German Cannabis Agency (www.cannabisagentur.de).
Pfizer Inc announced it will allow generic makers in 95 low income nations to produce and distribute its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid at cost price.
The COVID-19 pandemic created exceptional circumstances for virologists. To speed up the process from initial basic experiments to the final clinical application, appropriate reagents are required. Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells via the MHC Streptamer® approach yields label-free, fully functional cells, making this method a valuable tool for high quality research.