Thursday, 25 June 2015 10:14

immune2day: a biomolecule copying machine for Vaccines Featured

immune2day is a new method for the detection of vaccines. The research group led by Dr. Günter Roth from Freiburg Centre for Biosystems Analysis has developed a copying machine for biomolecules that can copy DNA. In this manner they want detect potential vaccine candidates against pathogens in the shortest time.

Therefore only the DNA sample of the pathogen as well as a blood sample of a healthy person are nessessary. This development is of particular interest
in the case of frequently mutating pathogens such as HIV or influenza pathogens, as is said in a current press release within the awarding of the
"Elevator Pitch BW 2014/2015"  sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and Economics Baden-Württemberg.

For the development of "immune2day" the team of Dr. Günter Roth has already received the Freiburg Innovation Prize 2015.

For more information:
www.elevatorpitch-bw.de/events/stuttgart2/immune2day
www.freigem.org
www.zbsa.uni-freiburg.de/projects/ag-roth
www.rsc.org/competitions/emerging-tech

Press Release:
https://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm/2015/pm.2015-06-23.90