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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Ear Infection

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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. 2011 Jan;13(1):21-4. His family had also recently noticed an abrasion over that ear. Treat this condition with anti-pseudomonal antibiotics.

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Early cell therapy successes start to turn the tide in lupus

Pharmaceutical Technology

In August 2021, Saphnelo, a type 1 interferon receptor antibody, became the first lupus treatment to be approved since GSK’s Benlyta (belimumab) won a regulatory nod in 2011. In lupus, the body’s immune system starts to attack its own cells. As per AstraZeneca's recent Q3 earnings, Saphnelo has yielded $69 million to date this year.

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Re-engineering proteins to develop novel immunotherapies

European Pharmaceutical Review

The field of immunotherapy is constantly evolving with the ultimate goal to develop new treatments that help the body’s immune system fight cancer. Immune cells, such as T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, have the inherent ability to combat diseases, including cancer, but are often inhibited by the body’s own suppressive mechanisms.

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BMS’ Orencia gets FDA nod for GvHD thanks to real-world data

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Orencia (abatacept) becomes the first drug to be approved to prevent GvHD , a condition in which donor immune cells attack tissues in the patient receiving an HSCT, commonly known as a bone marrow transplant. billion in the first nine months of the year.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

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PubMed cites 1,822 pieces of research relating to the microbiome in 2011, which grew to 25,153 published in 2021. As more research has been conducted, closer and unexpected links have been found between the microbiome of the gut, as one example, and other areas of the body, such as brain health and the immune system.

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Data hackathon analyses truth behind TB vaccine and COVID-19

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This century-old vaccine came to prominence recently, when a number of early ecological studies (those which study population factors in epidemiology) seemed to show a strong correlation between receiving the vaccine and having immunity against COVID-19. how long does the immunity from BCG last after that vaccination? For example.

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BMS swoops on Forbius, snaring another immuno-oncology player

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Since its foundation in 2011, privately-held Forbius has been working on drugs that inhibit TGF beta 1 and 3, two targets thought to play a role in protecting cancers from attack by the immune system and the development of fibrosis (scarring).