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NeoPhore: Driving neoantigen production via DNA mismatch repair

NeoPhore is making tumor cells more visible to the immune system by triggering neoantigen production

August 1, 2019 11:10 PM UTC

NeoPhore is turning cold tumors hot by inhibiting DNA mismatch repair to produce more of the neoantigens that trigger immune attack.

Immuno-oncology companies are developing therapies based on neoantigens -- tumor-specific peptides that the immune system regards as non-self -- including T cell therapies and cancer vaccines that either target or deliver the newly formed antigens...