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FDA and EMA accept Novartis' regulatory application for siponimod to treat SPMS in adults

Novartis today announced that both the US Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency have accepted the company's New Drug Application and Marketing Authorization Application respectively, for investigational oral, once-daily siponimod (BAF312) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in adults.

8 Oct 2018

Immunotherapy effective for individuals with inherited form of skin cancer

Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type of immunotherapy that was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is, however, particularly effective in this patient group, research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows. The study is published in the Journal of Medical Genetics.

8 Oct 2018

Leadiant Biosciences announces FDA approval of Revcovi for treating pediatric, adult ADA-SCID patients

Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. today announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Revcovi (elapegademase-lvlr) injection in the U.S. Revcovi is a new enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of adenosine deaminase severe combined immune deficiency in pediatric and adult patients.

7 Oct 2018

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, putting vulnerable kids at risk for a serious infection.

5 Oct 2018

Researchers discover previously unknown function of key component in the immune system

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralize dangerous microbes.

5 Oct 2018

Scientists call for microbiota vault of healthy bacteria

A team of researchers are gathering bacteria from across the world to create a microbiota vault containing healthy bacteria from the human gut and skin.

5 Oct 2018

Scripps Research scientists discover role of immune system double agent

Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered the role of an immune system double agent. This molecule, called USP18, can help curtail immune responses, but it can also open the door to bacterial infections, such as harmful listeria and staph infections.

5 Oct 2018

Gut microbiome appears to play key role in heart transplant outcomes

In a new study, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that the gut microbiome appears to play a key role in how well the body accepts a transplanted heart. The scientists found a causal relationship between the presence of certain microbes and transplant outcome.

4 Oct 2018

Common herbicide compound could help fight hospital-acquired fungal infections

A chemical compound found in common herbicides could help fight hospital-acquired human fungal pathogenic infections, which claim an estimated two million lives per year.

4 Oct 2018

Discovery opens door to new therapies for type 1 diabetes

Researchers at St Vincent’s Institute in Melbourne have identified a key target of the immune response that causes type 1 diabetes.

4 Oct 2018

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

A new study has found that the cash and the coins that are in circulation are covered in over 19 types of bacteria that can be potentially deadly.

4 Oct 2018

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

The married professors were spending their Thanksgiving holiday in Egypt when the husband, Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D., got very sick very quickly, experiencing fever, nausea and a racing heartbeat. By the time Patterson was accurately diagnosed with a highly multi-drug resistant bacterial infection, he was near death.

4 Oct 2018

Two-pronged approach represents potential strategy for targeting latent reservoir of HIV

With more than 35 million people worldwide living with the virus and nearly 2 million new cases each year, the human immunodeficiency virus remains a major global epidemic.

4 Oct 2018

RCIGM and IDbyDNA launch clinical trial to improve diagnostics for pediatric CNS infections

The Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine and IDbyDNA, a metagenomics technology company translating microbial genomics into actionable information for healthcare providers, have launched a clinical trial to improve diagnostics for pediatric central nervous system infections.

3 Oct 2018

Treating aged mice with natural product appears to have positive effects on health and lifespan

Previous research published earlier this year in Nature Medicine involving University of Minnesota Medical School faculty Paul D. Robbins and Laura J. Niedernhofer and Mayo Clinic investigators James L. Kirkland and Tamara Tchkonia, showed it was possible to reduce the burden of damaged cells, termed senescent cells, and extend lifespan and improve health, even when treatment was initiated late in life.

3 Oct 2018

Could 'natural adaptive therapies' be a better way to keep cancer under control?

While many cancer therapies initially can be very successful, tumors often return and spread when remaining cancer cells develop resistance to treatment.

3 Oct 2018

Cancer Research UK congratulates scientists for Nobel Prize-winning discoveries

The Nobel Prize-winning discoveries made by these scientists has revolutionized not only our understanding of the immune system and cancer, but also the field of cancer treatment.

3 Oct 2018

New way of using natural killer cells makes immunotherapy viable to more patients

Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients including former President Jimmy Carter. But many of these therapies, only work for a small portion of people who have a specific molecule called PDL1 in their cancer makeup.

3 Oct 2018

Study identifies camelid nanobodies capable of blocking EGF in cancer cells

The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On this occasion, the solution to a challenge posed by cancer has come about from the immune system of camelids.

3 Oct 2018

Understanding immune system's balancing act could help in prevention, treatment of IBD

Australian researchers have uncovered clues in the immune system that reveal how the balance of 'good' gut bacteria is maintained. This information could help in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

3 Oct 2018

Immune System News and Research

FDA and EMA accept Novartis' regulatory application for siponimod to treat SPMS in adults

Immunotherapy effective for individuals with inherited form of skin cancer

Leadiant Biosciences announces FDA approval of Revcovi for treating pediatric, adult ADA-SCID patients

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Researchers discover previously unknown function of key component in the immune system

Scientists call for microbiota vault of healthy bacteria

Scripps Research scientists discover role of immune system double agent

Gut microbiome appears to play key role in heart transplant outcomes

Common herbicide compound could help fight hospital-acquired fungal infections

Discovery opens door to new therapies for type 1 diabetes

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

Two-pronged approach represents potential strategy for targeting latent reservoir of HIV

RCIGM and IDbyDNA launch clinical trial to improve diagnostics for pediatric CNS infections

Treating aged mice with natural product appears to have positive effects on health and lifespan

Could 'natural adaptive therapies' be a better way to keep cancer under control?

Cancer Research UK congratulates scientists for Nobel Prize-winning discoveries

New way of using natural killer cells makes immunotherapy viable to more patients

Study identifies camelid nanobodies capable of blocking EGF in cancer cells

Understanding immune system's balancing act could help in prevention, treatment of IBD

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