MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: 77

MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.

Amount
$299,993
Agency
Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
77
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period

Description

Th is proposal aim to develop a VesiVax® platform-based liposomal formulation that will efficiently display the HIV immunogen, HIV Env gp120 (A244) antigen, and elicit a potent neutralizing antibody response. The HIV­ Env(A244) antigen will be prepared as HIV-Env(A244)-Cys or HIV-Env(A244gp41e)-HD. The purified antigens will be formulated with VesiVax® liposomes containing the approved Toll-like Receptor 4 agaonist monophosphoryl lipid A. These VesiVax® HIV-Env(A244) immunogen liposome formulations will be tested in mice to identify the formulation that can stimulate the strongest anti-HIV-Env(A244) response