BioNTech, a privately-held German biotech, has been credited with finding the first example worldwide of a clinically relevant and systemic mRNA cancer immunotherapy.
Along with its translation research partner TRON (Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), the company is hailed in the scientific journal Nature for taking a major step towards truly personalized treatment of any cancer.
Entitled Systemic RNA delivery to dendritic cells exploits antiviral defense for cancer immunotherapy, the paper has been published to coincide with the 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting.
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