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Neutralizing Antibodies Induced by Vaccination can Provide Protection Against HIV Infection

Research shows that neutralizing antibodies which are induced by vaccination can protect animals from HIV infection. Developing a safe and effective HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)...

Lolamicin: The Selective antibiotic against Gram-negative infections that spares gut microbiome  

Current antibiotics used in clinical practice, in addition to neutralising target pathogens also harm healthy bacteria in the gut. The disturbance in gut microbiome has...

Virulent Strain of Monkeypox (MPXV) Spread Through Sexual Contact  

An investigation of the rapid monkeypox (MPXV) outbreak that emerged in October 2023 in the Kamituga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Robotic Surgery: First Fully Robotic Double Lung Transplant Performed  

On October 22, 2024, a surgical team performed the first fully robotic double lung transplant on a 57-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Asciminib (Scemblix) for Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)  

Asciminib (Scemblix) has been approved for adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP). The accelerated approval...

Hympavzi (marstacimab): New Treatment for Hemophilia

On 11 October 2024, Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq), a human monoclonal antibody targeting “tissue factor pathway inhibitor” received US FDA’s approval as a new drug for...

Cobenfy (KarXT): A More Atypical Antipsychotic for Treatment of Schizophrenia

Cobenfy (also known as KarXT), a combination of the drugs xanomeline and trospium chloride, has been studied to be effective for the treatment of...

First UK Lung Cancer Patient receives mRNA vaccine BNT116  

BNT116 and LungVax are nucleic acid lung cancer vaccine candidates – the former is based on mRNA technology similar to “COVID-19 mRNA vaccines” such...

Lecanemab for Early Alzheimer’s Disease approved in the UK but refused in EU 

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) lecanemab and donanemab have been approved for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease in the UK and USA respectively while lecanemab...

Mpox Disease: The Antiviral Tecovirimat (TPOXX) Found Ineffective in Clinical Trial

The monkeypox virus (MPXV), called so because of its first discovery in monkeys kept in research facility in Denmark, is closely related to variola...

Monkeypox (Mpox) Outbreak Declared A Public Health Emergency of International Concern 

The upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in many other countries in Africa has been determined by WHO...

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