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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Immunome, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMNM), a biopharmaceutical company that utilizes its human memory B cell platform to discover and develop first-in-class antibody therapeutics, announced today that its discovery engine has isolated potent antibodies capable of neutralizing several SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the South African Variant (B.1.351), in pseudovirus testing. This effort is part of the company’s ongoing program to develop a cocktail of antibodies targeting spike and non-spike proteins that can…

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) — Donald Trump’s lawyers begin their defense of the former president in his Senate impeachment trial on Friday after House Democrats spent two days portraying him as a lawless, unrepentant inciter of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol who shouldn’t hold public office again. Lawyers for the former president are expected to argue that he didn’t provoke the violence and will show video footage of prominent Democrats using…

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) — Adapted from “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need,” publishing on February 16 from Alfred A. Knopf. We need to get to zero emissions, and we’re going to need a lot of innovation to do it. But innovation doesn’t happen overnight, and it will take decades for green products to reach a big enough scale to make a significant difference. In the…

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) — Joe Biden began his presidency much as his predecessor did, promising to restore hope to a blue-collar middle class battered by decades of relentless job losses from automation and foreign competition. But the realities of trying to stoke U.S. manufacturing employment in the wake of an economic crisis are quickly endangering his plans. After a period of recovery last year, U.S. factory payrolls stagnated in recent months, then went into reverse…