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Acting CDC director says MMR jabs should be split

The acting director of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, has been sharply criticised after saying the MMR vaccine should be separated into three individual shots.

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Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi

Regulatory T-cell scientist trio wins Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to three scientists for their work on regulatory T-cells, spawning hundreds of trials of new therapies.

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Oculis takes second eye disease therapy into pivotal trials

Oculis is poised to start registration trials for privosegtor, its drug candidate for neuro-ophthalmic diseases, in the wake of positive phase 2 data.

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Dr Ken Macnamara, Trogenix's chief executive

UK's Trogenix raises £70m for cancer immunotherapy platform

Edinburgh-based Trogenix has raised £70m to fund clinical trials of its triple-acting immunotherapies for brain and colorectal cancers.

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Roche gets EU nod for kidney disease algorithm

Roche and Klinrisk have picked up a CE-mark for an AI tool that can be used to predict renal function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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