DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Argos Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ARGS ) (“Argos”), an immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of individualized immunotherapies based on the Arcelis® technology platform, today announced that the company is participating in the 4 th International mRNA Health Conference being held November 1-2 at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, Massachusetts.
Irina Tcherepanova, Ph.D., senior director of research and development for Argos, presented a poster titled, “Development of a Novel, Rapid Assay to Test the Quality of In-vitro Transcribed Amplified Tumor RNA.”
“This work describes a way to quantitatively determine the quality of RNA used in clinical trials and could be an important quality control test in the emerging field of RNA-based therapeutics,” stated Dr. Tcherepanova.
The International mRNA Health Conference is an annual forum dedicated to the expanding field of therapeutic mRNA. The conference is attended by researchers and professionals working with mRNA for medical purposes or seeking mRNA as a novel tool to express proteins directly in situ. For more information visit http://www.mrna-conference.com/ .
About the Arcelis® Technology Platform Arcelis® is a precision immunotherapy technology that captures both mutated and variant antigens that are specific to each patient’s individual disease. It is designed to overcome immunosuppression by producing a specifically targeted, durable memory T-cell response without adjuvants that may be associated with toxicity. The technology is potentially applicable to the treatment of a wide range of different cancers and infectious diseases, and is designed to overcome many of the manufacturing and commercialization challenges that have impeded other personalized immunotherapies. The Arcelis® process uses only a small disease sample or biopsy as the source of disease-specific antigens, and the patient’s own dendritic cells, which are optimized from cells collected by a single leukapheresis procedure. The proprietary process uses RNA isolated from the patient's disease sample to program dendritic cells to target disease-specific antigens. These activated, antigen-loaded dendritic cells are then formulated with the patient’s plasma, and administered via intradermal injection as an individualized immunotherapy.
About Argos Therapeutics Argos Therapeutics is an immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of individualized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases using its Arcelis® technology platform. Argos' most advanced product candidate, AGS-003 , is being evaluated in the pivotal ADAPT Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). In addition, AGS-003 is being studied in Phase 2 investigator-initiated clinical trials as neoadjuvant therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Argos is also developing a separate Arcelis® -based product candidate, AGS-004 , for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is currently being evaluated in an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial aimed at HIV eradication in adult patients.
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