Influenza Human Articles & Analysis
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Some isolated influenza A viruses cause severe disease in poultry and, in rare cases, in humans. Sometimes the virus is transmitted from wild waterfowl to poultry, which can lead to outbreaks or cause human influenza pandemics. H5N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus and belongs to the genus Alpha ...
The company also provided the outlook for 2022 across its pipeline of allogeneic, off-the-shelf, virus-specific T cell (VST) therapies for immunocompromised patients, including its lead product posoleucel, an investigational VST in development for the treatment and prevention of infections and diseases caused by six common devastating viruses – adenovirus (AdV), BK virus (BKV), ...
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These RNA viruses may lead to serious diseases in humans with a high risk of fatality and have been classified by the CDC as a potential bioterrorism ...
Separately, the company also announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT04933968) of ALVR106, its investigational, allogeneic, off-the-shelf, multi-VST therapy for the treatment of infections caused by human metapneumovirus (hMPV), influenza, parainfluenza virus (PIV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). ...
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The unique genetic nature of the influenza virus poses a challenge to researchers focused on influenza treatment and vaccination. ...
Seasonal flu causes 50,000–250,000 deaths worldwide annually, causing the World Health Organization to declare the development of a universal flu vaccine as an urgent need in its Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030) report. The unique nature and genetic makeup of the influenza virus poses a challenge to researchers focused on ...
Imaxio, a biotech company specializing in immunology, announces today that it has received scientific advice from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for IMX836, its vaccine candidate dedicated to the prevention of influenza in humans. This first scientific advice reinforces Imaxio’s plan to start, by early 2018, a phase I clinical trial involving IMX836. ...