Latest Immunology Stories
PROVIDENCE, R.I. and SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Full article - http://bit.ly/EpiAtla13 EpiVax Inc., an unique immunology company with a strong focus on immunogenicity mitigation and BioAtla, LLC, a San Diego headquartered antibody therapeutics developer, today announced a collaborative agreement to incorporate EpiVax's proprietary immunogenicity screening technology into BioAtla's antibody Express Humanization(TM) platform. (Logo:...
BREDA, The Netherlands and GHENT, Belgium, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First program based on proprietary ABDEG(TM) technology to promote degradation and clearance of disease-causing autoantibodies arGEN-X, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specialized in the discovery and development of highly differentiated human monoclonal antibody therapeutics, announces that it has progressed its second product candidate this year into formal preclinical development. Complementing its...
Northwestern Medicine expert offers tips to manage spring allergy symptoms CHICAGO, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Spring has arrived and warm weather is on its way. While many of us are eager for the change, nearly 50 million Americans now face the start of spring allergy season. Those who suffer from allergies are familiar with the nasal congestion, sneezing and itchy and watery eyes that accompany change in seasons. While it's impossible to avoid all allergens,...
Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little propensity to infect non-cancerous cells. "If it works as well in humans, this could confer a substantial benefit on patients afflicted with this deadly disease," says Anthony van den Pol, a researcher on the study. The research was published online...
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, over 23.5 million people suffer from over eighty different types of known autoimmune diseases. Unfortunately, treatment for those suffering from non-curable autoimmune diseases has been limited to: Slowing the Spread of the Diseases Controlling the Symptoms To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
New Survey Reveals the Impact of Nasal Allergies on Sleep, Relationships and Productivity LANDOVER, Md., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and Teva Respiratory released results today from a new survey which showed that more than half (59 percent) of nasal allergy sufferers polled reported sleep issues as a result of their allergy symptoms, yet only 35 percent proactively treat their nasal allergy symptoms. Furthermore, nearly half of...
Dr. Lauren Handelman joins Northeast Allergy, Asthma and Immunology located in Leominster, Sudbury and Newton, MA. NEAAI joins Emerson Hospital provider network. Newton, MA (PRWEB) April 22, 2013 Northeast Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, (NEAAI), with offices in Leominster, Sudbury and Newton, MA is pleased to welcome Lauren Handelman, M.D. Dr. Lauren Handelman is a board certified allergy and immunology specialist with 20 years of practice experience in the Boston area including...
BETHESDA, Md., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TNI BioTech, Inc. (OTC Pink: TNIB) (www.tnibiotech.com), announced it has filed its Form 10 to become a fully reporting public company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Some of the highlights of the filing are the acquisition and licensing agreements between TNI BioTech and Dr. Nicholas P. Plotnikoff, Dr. Bernard Bihari, Professor Fengping Shan, Dr. Jill Smith and LDN Research LLC, and Pennsylvania State University. In...
CAMBRIDGE, England, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kymab, a monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical company, announced today an agreement in therapeutic antibody discovery. Novo Nordisk has been granted a non-exclusive licence to Kymab's proprietary Kymouse(TM) human antibody discovery platform to discover, develop and commercialise therapeutic monoclonal antibody drugs for human diseases. The licence provides Novo Nordisk with access to the Kymouse HK and Kymouse HL...
Can scientists rid malaria from the Third World by simply feeding algae genetically engineered with a vaccine? That’s the question biologists at UC San Diego sought to answer after they demonstrated last May that algae can be engineered to produce a vaccine that blocks malaria transmission. In a follow up study, published online today in the scientific journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, they got their answer: Not yet, although the same method may work as a vaccine against a...
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The thymus gland is an endocrine organ of the immune system located anteriolateral to the trachea and in between the lungs. Its primary function is to build T lymphocytes for the body’s immune system; therefore, it is most important during childhood and puberty, when it reaches its maximum size. After puberty, it will begin to atrophy and shrink in size. Old age generally brings about hypotrophy of the thymus. In children the thymus is grayish-pink in color and in adults it is yellow. On...
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is a medical journal established in 1929 as the Journal of Allergy. It is published by Elsevier. It obtained its current name in 1971. It is the official journal of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. This journal publishes timely clinical papers, instructive case reports, and detailed examinations of state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to clinical allergists, immunologists, dermatologists, internists, and other...
Clostridium tetani is a rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Clostridium. It's a gram-positive and resembles tennis rackets or drumsticks on a gram stain. It can be found as spores in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of animals. It produces a potent biological toxin which is the causative agent of tetanus. Ancient people recognized the relationship between wounds and fatal muscle spasms. Arthur Nicolaier isolated tetanus from soil bacteria. Antonie Carl and Giorgio Rattone...
The Cowpox virus causes a skin disease known as cowpox. It is related to the vaccinia virus and gained its name because it spread by dairymaids touching the udders of infected cows. It manifests as red blisters. It is similar to smallpox although much milder and was actually the basis of the first smallpox vaccine. A person who recovers from cowpox is immune to smallpox. In 1980 the World Health Organization announced that smallpox was the first disease to be eradicated world wide by a...
