Category: pharma & healthcare

Waning Vaccine Immunity: Why Boosters Are So Crucial In Vulnerable Sub-Populations

The Delta wave continues to wreak havoc. It’s driven primarily by the unvaccinated, but is increasingly affecting the vaccinated, too, especially vulnerable sub-populations who haven’t been boosted. Waning vaccine immunity among these sub-populations i…

The New Omicron Coronavirus Variant Is ‘Highly Mutated’ What Does This Mean?

What is known now about about the mutations in the omicron variant and what will we find out over the coming weeks?

Thankful For Science: Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Discovery Of Insulin

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and I’d like to pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of a medication that has profoundly changed the course of human history — insulin.

A New Monoclonal Antibody That Has The Potential To Neutralize All Viral Variants

Here we describe a novel antibody: DH1047. The distinguishing characteristic of this antibody is that it is capable of neutralizing all known variants of interest and concern by targeting highly conserved epitopes.

Hong Kong Demonstrates Effective Use Of Covid Public Health Mitigation

Only 6 out of 4198 participants in the study tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after three waves of Covid that occurred prior to Hong Kong’s vaccination rollout.

Stem Cell-Derived Neurons Mimic Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis

A team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have discovered methods to grow neurons and brain tissue from stem cells that surprisingly, imitate the unique characteristics of donors with Alzheimer’s.

Scientists Identify Way To Predict Response To Antidepressants

Researchers claim the new brain imaging technique will save some people with depression 2-3 months of time in finding a medication that works for them.

Intramuscular Injection Of Monoclonal Antibodies Simplifies Covid Treatment

Here we review a press release by sotrovimab producers GSK and VIR that details the intramuscular administration of sotrovimab.

Covid Ear: Virus Implicated

You may have heard of “COVID toe,” but what about “COVID ear”?

Detailed Description Of A Highly Potent SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody: Bamlanivimab

A recent paper by Jones et al. describes bamlanivimab and its properties in detail, as well as details how bamlanivimab was discovered, providing a potential blueprint for antibody discovery in the future.