1st case of more contagious COVID-19 variant found in Harris County
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The Harris County Public Health has confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK. This the first known case in Harris County and the State of Texas.
The patient has been identified as a man between ages 30 and 40 in southwest Harris County. Authorities say he has no travel history.
His condition is described as stable, and the man is quarantining in isolation. Authorities are reaching out to anyone the man has come into contact with.
Cellares Adds PACT Pharma to its Early Access Partnership Program
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- Under the partnership, PACT Pharma will provide the company with insight into autologous NeoTCR manufacturing workflows to help identify product-market fit and secure early access to the technology for an undisclosed amount
- PACT Pharma is the second organization and first industry partner to join the program following Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Cellares Corporation, a company focused on revolutionizing cell therapy manufacturing, announced that PACT Pharma, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing transformational personalized NeoTCR-T cell therapies for the eradication of solid tumors, has joined its Early Access Partnership Program (EAPP). PACT Pharma is the second collaborator and first industry organization to join its EAPP, following Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Under the terms of
Will vaccines stop the new coronavirus strains? Here s what scientists say.
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Even as scientists around the world are closely monitoring the spread of a new, more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus, they have spotted a brand-new, potentially more worrisome mutation one that could have a far greater impact on the abilities of vaccines to protect people from infection.
About the mutations
In December 2020, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and England s CMO Chris Whitty said scientists identified a new strain of the new coronavirus labeled B 1.1.7, which contains multiple mutations from SARS-CoV-2 through
Public Health England s genomic surveillance.
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Now, working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland have identified that missing link an immune system cell that they say travels from the gut to the brain and attacks cells rather than protect them as it normally does.