Bavarian Nordic Enters Into New Research Project to Develop New Cancer Vaccines
Background of the project
Through the project, the researchers hope to identify yet unknown pathogens, causing other types of cancer, where an estimated 15% of all cases are attributed to pathogens. This could pave the way for the development of new cancer vaccines.
So far it has been difficult to detect new pathogens, but using new and advanced sequencing technology to characterise and classify the DNA, the researchers will look for yet unknown fragments of DNA, which could lead to the identification of new pathogens related to cancer. The researchers are already well-experienced with this technology and have identified unknown viruses in DNA from patients in other diseases.
The project will concentrate its efforts on the major cancers such as breast, prostate and colon cancer and leukaemia, in order to investigate how DNA from these patients differ from the DNA of healthy people.
Anders Hedegaard, President & CEO of Bavarian Nordic said: "This project is tailored to our business, which is highly specialized in research, development and manufacturing of advanced vaccines. It is obvious that vaccines are the future in cancer treatment and we have already come far in the development of a vaccine for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer; PROSTVAC®. We see great potential in participating in this project on the development of new vaccines that in whole or in part could reduce the incidence of cancer."
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