Technology Area: Vaccines

Technologies 3

• Controlled Enzymatic RNA Oligonucleotide Synthesis
  Synthetic RNA oligonucleotides designed as specific successions of the four nucleobases A, U, G, and C that mimic naturally occurring RNA species are the key components of diverse RNA-based therapies. These include RNA therapeutics that can partially or completely turn off the expression of disease-causing genes (antisense and interfering RNAs), help replace or supplement dysfunctional...
• Cell-Free Biomolecule Manufacturing
  Wyss Institute researchers have developed a biomolecular manufacturing method that can quickly and easily produce a wide range of vaccines, antimicrobial peptides and antibody conjugates while doing so anywhere, even in places without access to electrical power or refrigeration. The breakthrough could provide a life-saving workaround for making modern interventions available in remote areas. Today...
• Implantable Cancer Vaccine
  The Wyss Institute’s implantable, biodegradable cancer vaccine leverages immunotherapeutic methods and could one day help overcome melanoma, other cancers, infectious diseases, auto-immune diseases, as well as vaccinate against specific peptides, proteins, or antigens. The implant is a biodegradable polymer scaffold containing growth factors and components of each patient’s tumors. The technology was initially designed to...

News 14

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• Press Release A solid vaccine for liquid tumors
  January 14, 2020
• Press Release Another trick up the immune system’s sleeve: regrowing blood vessels
  July 31, 2019
• Research Spotlights Harnessing Nature to Beat Cancer
  February 28, 2019

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  Disruptive: Cancer Vaccine and Immuno-Materials
  Immunotherapy – treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to help fight disease – has groundbreaking and life-saving implications. In an effort to make immunotherapy more effective, Wyss Institute researchers are developing new immuno-materials, which help modulate immune cells to treat or diagnose disease. In this episode of Disruptive, Dave Mooney, Wyss Core Faculty...

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  Wyss Focus: Immuno-Materials
  Wyss Core Faculty, Dave Mooney, explains our new Immuno-Materials Focus Area, which adds a new dimension to immunotherapy in that it harnesses materials to make treatments more efficient and effective. These material-based systems are capable of modulating immune cells and releasing them into the body where they can treat diseases.

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  Disruptive: Cancer Vaccine & Hydrogel Drug Delivery
  In this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Founding Core Faculty Member Dave Mooney discusses programmable nanomaterials approaches to fighting disease. Mooney explains how a cancer vaccine, developed by his team and currently in a clinical trial at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, can train one’s own immune system to target specific cancer cells. He also describes the...

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  Introduction to Implantable Cancer Vaccine
  What if we could prevent and treat cancer with a simple vaccine? Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University