Project description
An eagle's eye for antibodies associated with rare diseases may revolutionise therapy
Neurodegenerative diseases are a large family of disorders characterised by progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the nervous system. While great strides have been made in understanding the causes and progression of many of these diseases, treatment and ultimately prevention is still quite challenging. Human-derived antibodies that can recognise threats with high specificity and mount a defence with minimal side effects hold great but largely unreleased potential to combat neurodegenerative disease processes. The Swiss biotech company Mabylon has developed powerful technologies to screen for some of the rarest antibodies. With the EU-funded HominAb project, scientists are laying the groundwork for commercialisation of their screening platform to target diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
8952 Schlieren
Switzerland
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