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B-Cell Transplants for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Medscape According to Dr. Lemoine, another interesting point is that after rituximab depletion of B cells, reconstitution favors the B-reg subset. “Who knows if this ‘side effect ‘ is not part of the mechanism of effect of this antibody?” he said. Dr. Flores … |
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Protamine–heparin complex antibodies raise concerns
News-Medical.net mewireNews: Almost a third of patients treated with protamine (PRT) for heparin reversal during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) develop antibodies to circulating protamine-heparin (PRT/H) complexes, study findings suggest. In the absence of further PRT … |
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BioCellChallenge launches delivery system ‘ImmunoCellin’ for transporting …
pharmabiz.com BioCellChallenge SAS, a biotech firm specialized in the creation and development of delivery systems for introducing active principles into live cells, has announced the launch of a new delivery system, ImmunoCellin, which is designed to transport … |
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How Hospital Administrators Hide the Umbrella
Daily Beast Recchi was charged $13,702 for “1 RITUXIMAB INJ 660 MG.” That’s an injection of 660 mg of a cancer wonder drug called Rituxan. The average price paid by all hospitals for this dose is about $4,000, but MD Anderson probably gets a volume discount that … |
BioCellChallenge launches the first universal delivery system for transporting …PharmiWeb.com (press release)Without a suitable nanocarrier, antibodies cannot cross the plasmic membrane of live cells unaided and reach their potential intracellular ta…
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Bendamustine Plus Rituximab Boost PFS in Indolent Lymphomas
Medscape The simple combination of bendamustine plus rituximab (Rituxin) can replace standard therapy in patients newly diagnosed with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma, according to a study published online February 20 in the Lancet. Bendamustine data published in The LancetPharmacy Europe |
Supplemental materialJournal of VirologyAntibodies to gp120 and PD-1 Expression on Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Protection from Simian AIDS. Supplemental material. Files in this Data Supplement: Supplemental file 1 -. Fig. S1 (Proliferative responses…
BioCellChallenge Launches New Technology for Transporting Antibodies into …SelectScience.net (press release)Without a suitable nanocarrier, antibodies cannot cross the plasmic membrane of live cells unaided and reach their potential intracellular tar…
Synthetic llama antibodies soothe arthritis painNew ScientistARTHRITIS may have met its match, in the form of the llama immune system. Antibodies similar to ones originally discovered in camels and llamas have helped to heal moderate to severe arthriti…
MedscapeNational Study: 30% of Chemotherapy Used Off-LabelMedscapeBut the study also turned up some disconcerting findings about the high rate of off-label prescribing of some agents, especially gemcitabine (Gemzar, Lilly), rituximab (Rituxan, Genentec…