Amorfix Life Sciences and Dr. Cashman receive Canadian government grant to develop treatments for Alzheimer's disease
SOD1 has a "Jekyll-and-Hyde" nature as it normally plays an important protective role in detoxifying free radicals in the body, but when misfolded can create lethal oxidative free radicals. Amorfix's technology targets misfolded SOD1 through two approaches, a passive infusion of manufactured monoclonal antibodies and an active immunization approach designed to elicit the production of similar antibodies by the patient's own body. Amorfix's technology is based on the premise that the misfolding and aggregation of SOD1 is a principal agent in the death of neurons that occurs in brain-wasting diseases. Amorfix believes that if misfolded SOD1 can be specifically recognized and its toxic activity neutralized by antibodies, brain-wasting diseases could be effectively treated.
CIHR will fund $227,500 in cash over one year with Amorfix contributing the balance of the $900,000 program.
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