ARTES Biotech and Burnet Institute join forces to develop Hep C vaccine

26 July 2016

Australia’s largest virology and communicable disease research institute and a German biotech company have joined forces in a bid to develop a vaccine that prevents transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The Burnet Institute and ARTES Biotechnology made the announcement earlier today.

The project will combine Burnet's proprietary HepSeeVaxDelta3 technology with ARTES’ proprietary METAVAX technology for the development of chimeric virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccines. The VLPs will present the novel, modified envelope protein (E2) on its surface, thereby targeting the vaccine to dendritic cells to prime and prepare the immune system to fight against hepatitis C infection.

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