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How cancer evades immune system detection and spreads

World Pharma News

A research team led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) with members from Duke-NUS Medical School, KK Women and Children’s Hospital, A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), the University of Southampton and the Alan Turing Institute, has discovered how cancer evades the immune system and metastasises in the body, and explores how to (..)

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First nasal monoclonal antibody COVID-19 treatment shows potential

European Pharmaceutical Review

Findings from research on the nasal monoclonal antibody “Based on our studies, we expect that Foralumab may work on all variants as it acts on immune effects,” Dr Weiner continued. Foralumab’s immune modulating response In 2020, Moreira researched how Foralumab modulates the immune response to reduce inflammation.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Ear Infection

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

A 5-year-old generally healthy fully immunized boy presented to the ED with worsening left ear redness, swelling, and tenderness that his family noticed the day before presentation. His family had also recently noticed an abrasion over that ear. View other cases from this Clinical Image Series on ALiEM.

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4th Antigen Specific Immune Tolerance Summit

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The 4 th Antigen Specific Immune Tolerance Digital Summit (ASIT) brings together industry representatives from the fields of autoimmunity, allergy, immuno-oncology and transplantation to tackle the complexities behind autoimmune disorders head on. The post 4th Antigen Specific Immune Tolerance Summit appeared first on.

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New treatment could reverse hair loss caused by an autoimmune skin disease

World Pharma News

Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School have developed a potential new treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and affects people of all ages, including children. For most patients with this type of hair loss, there is no effective treatment.

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How Do You Become an Anesthesiologist?  

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

Most paths to becoming an anesthesiologist take around 12 years to complete, which includes 4 years of an undergraduate program, four years of medical school, 4-5years of residency training in anesthesiology, and typically followed by 1-2 years in a fellowship subspecialty training. How long does it take to become an anesthesiologist?

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

STAT

“I’m slowly running out of options,” said Young, 62, who in November began   receiving   a five-month series of shots at a clinic near her San Francisco home; the vaccine is designed to teach her immune cells to recognize and combat tumors.

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