Myasthenia Gravis

Peptide Vaccine Ready For Testing In Humans

Published in Drug Week, July 6th, 2001

by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new report in Experimental Biology and Medicine describes the potential for a vaccine against myasthenia gravis in humans, following its success against a similar disease in animals.

The peptide vaccine was most effective when conjugated to diphtheria toxin (DT) with alum as adjuvant and is now ready for trial in humans, reported J.L. McAnally and colleagues at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

"Myasthenia gravis (MG) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune (EA) MG, are caused by interference with neuromuscular transmission by auto-antibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor...

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