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Project

Engineerde microcapsules for enhanced antigen delivery
Code
01SB1610
Duration
01 January 2010 → 31 October 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Immunology
    • Immunology
    • Biomarker discovery and evaluation
    • Drug discovery and development
    • Medicinal products
    • Pharmaceutics
    • Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry
    • Pharmacology
    • Pharmacotherapy
    • Toxicology and toxinology
    • Other pharmaceutical sciences
    • Immunology
  • Engineering and technology
    • Process engineering
    • Polymeric materials
Keywords
polyelectrolytes microcapsules vaccines
 
Project description
 

Microparticulate antigen delivery is highly promising staetgy for vaccine formulation. In this project multifunctional capsules are developed that allow to specifically chose the intracellular compartment where the antigen is delivered. The insights gathered in this project will be of importance for further rational vaccine design.