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2021

09/242021

MSC CARs engineered with a CAR enhances immunosuppression

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs), have been used in cell therapy for treatment of various inflammatory conditions. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) engineered MSCs have the potential to create an MSCs with higher immunosuppression activity and in-vivo persistence.

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09/152021

Clinical trials show promise for Innocell cancer vaccine

PhotonPharma’s Innocell involves sampling a patient’s tumor cells, inactivating them so that they are unable to replicate, then administering them back to the patient.

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09/092021

New cell therapy battles bacterial infections

For patients and doctors battling resistant infections, Validus Cellular Therapeutics is developing VCT-001, a novel preclinical stage anti-infective therapy unlike current small molecule antibiotics, which are susceptible to resistance and are limited accessing infections.

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09/032021

New approach has potential to cure pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects 200, 000 people annually and there is no cure for this condition.  Researchers at Indiana University and University of Illinois at Chicago, have identified a potential drug for curing PAH.

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09/032021

New approach enhances vaccination

Vaccines must elicit immune responses of a sufficient magnitude and quality to prevent or treat disease. While existing vaccine technologies are capable of achieving this goal for many diseases, these strategies have thus far proven inadequate against global threats like HIV and cancer.

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09/032021

New compound inhibits pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the highest mortalities of all malignancies, with aggressive biology, resistance to therapeutic agents, and a mere 5-year survival of 8-9%.

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09/032021

Vasculonics develops new therapy for acute kidney and chronic diabetic kidney disease with clinical candidates

Vasculonics is an Indiana-based biotech formed out of technology licensed from Indiana University.

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09/032021

BMP-2 RNA enhances bone regeneration

Inventors at the University of Iowa have developed an RNA-based therapeutic that can be used in medical and dental applications.

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08/312021

Therapeutic cancer vaccine platform is customizable

B cells are primarily known for their robust adaptive immune response through antibody production; however, they are often overlooked among the body’s professional antigen-presenting cell (APC) populations.

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08/312021

Unique cadherin peptides enhance brain delivery of therapeutic molecules, antibodies

Therapeutic proteins have been used to successfully treat a variety of neurodegenerative diseases.

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MIDWEST DRUG DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
Bringing together industry and the best university drug development researchers in the Midwest
An Online Event
Oct. 4-5, 2021

Latest News
  • Presentation schedule set for 2021 September 21, 2021
  • MWDD moves to a virtual event in 2021 August 17, 2021
  • Sponsorship, presentation slots nearly full July 29, 2021
  • Registrations are now open for 2021 March 25, 2021
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