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Harnessing the innate and adaptive immune system with targeted neoantigen based cancer vaccines

Descrizione del progetto

L’industria e il mondo accademico si incontrano per accelerare l’attuazione di un’immunoterapia personalizzata

L’immunoterapia utilizza la risposta immunitaria del proprio corpo per combattere malattie quali il cancro, stimolando il sistema immunitario a lavorare di più o fornendo molecole artificiali specifiche. Il sistema immunitario si basa fortemente su bioconiugati (due molecole stabilmente collegate tra loro) quali i linfociti e frammenti di agenti patogeni (antigeni). La bioconiugazione è un fiorente campo di ricerca, sia nel campo accademico che nell’industria. Il progetto SPLITVAC sta integrando la tecnologia proprietaria di bioconiugazione e una vasta esperienza di ricerca accademica per semplificare lo sviluppo di terapie e vaccini personalizzati contro il cancro. Lo sfruttamento di antigeni specifici per il tumore provenienti da proteine mutate presenti solo sul tumore (neoantigeni) dovrebbe agevolare target altamente specifici e personalizzati per l’immunità antitumorale.

Obiettivo

Immunotherapy for cancer has recently shown great clinical potential. However, only small percentages of patients do benefit from these therapies. The dual objective of the proposal is to understand and harness the immune system in vivo to develop truly personalized (individualized) anti-cancer treatments and to develop powerful bioconjugation technologies to generate new and better biotherapeutics. The project objectives will be achieved through the combination of ProteoDesign’s site-specific bioconjugation technology, with recent advances in the field of immuno-oncology, particularly the importance of tumor specific mutations (neoantigens), as drivers of anti-tumor immunity. The therapeutic candidates that will be obtained as a result of the project are personalized and have the potential to treat cancer at the individual level. These therapies are based on the mutational landscape of any given tumor, and so they could be applied to multiple cancer indications. The proposal will face specific challenges regarding the development of complex personalized bio therapeutics.
The project will be carried out through the collaboration of Dr. Vanhooren and Barcelona based biotech ProteoDesign. Dr. Vanhooren has extensive know-how and experience in the pre-clinical development of biologic-based drugs, and ProteoDesign has a proprietary technology for the discovery and development of new therapeutic bioconjugates. Through the present proposal bidirectional knowledge transfer will take place between the fellow and the host, thus enhancing know-how and skills on both sides. Dr. Vanhooren will be focused on leading the project, setting and adapting objectives, designing experiments, supervising the team and analyzing results. During the project and through a specific plan, ProteoDesign will provide Dr. Vanhooren experience and knowledge in key areas of biotechnology and pharma industries, as well as senior management, to allow her to grow into high responsibility positions.

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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

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Coordinatore

PROTEODESIGN SL
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 172 932,48
Indirizzo
BALDIRI REIXAC 10-12
08028 Barcelona
Spagna
PMI
Sì
Regione
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 172 932,48