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Can You Boost Your Immune System with Extra Zinc?

The People's Pharmacy

Most people would like to improve their immune function at this time of year. Extra Zinc and Immunity: Zinc is one of those minerals that gets very little respect. Extra Zinc and Immunity: Zinc is one of those minerals that gets very little respect. Yet this mineral is crucial for the immune system. Could extra zinc help?

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AC Immune poleaxed on Alzheimer’s study fail

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Shares in AC Immune have collapsed after partner Genentech revealed its tau-targeting Alzheimer’s drug semorinemab had flunked a phase 2 trial in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The post AC Immune poleaxed on Alzheimer’s study fail appeared first on.

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Early data back J&J and AC Immune’s Alzheimer’s jab

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Shares in Swiss biotech AC Immune have risen sharply after it said a vaccine in development for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) hit the mark in a phase 1/2 trial. . The vaccine stimulated antibodies against the protein in all 32 patients with early-stage AD in the study at levels that AC Immune thinks should have a therapeutic effect.

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German biotech CatalYm raises €50 million for GDF-15 inhibitor immunotherapy

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Founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Wuerzburg University, CatalYm’s lead molecule CTL-002 is designed to neutralise the tumour-produced protein GDF-15. High concentrations of the GDF-15 in serum and tumour-micro-environment help cancers to evade the immune system and are associated with resistance to current therapies.

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Opinion: The window is closing to stop deadly drug-resistant fungi like Candida auris

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Clinical cases have risen each year since it was first publicly reported in 2016, with 2,377 reported in 2022, and the CDC notes that based on limited information, 30–60% of those infected with C. auris infects people whose immune systems are already weakened due to other health issues. Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C.

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Novo Nordisk crowns cell therapy pipeline with $598m Heartseed deal

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Patients will also receive a dose of tacrolimus, an immune-suppressing drug, to guard against any immune reaction to the transplanted cells. The hope is that the spheroids will help to replenish damaged cardiomyocytes in the heart, restoring some of its ability to pump blood around the body.

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Roche rings Bicycle bell again, grabbing another cancer target

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In 2016 it started a $1 billion alliance with AstraZeneca to find drug candidates that could be used to treat respiratory diseases, and extended that in 2018 to include cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. The agreement includes another $12 million to Bicycle, per candidate, if Genentech decides to take a peptide further in development.