Hyderabad Startup Uses AI to Design Personalised Cancer Vaccines
PopVax, a biotech startup in Hyderabad founded by Soham Sankaran, is building AI-powered personalised cancer vaccines using mRNA technology. The aim is to help the immune system spot and attack cancer cells. Sankaran's interest was partly shaped by his grandfather's death from pancreatic cancer.
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Context: mRNA vaccines train the immune system to recognise a target, and they drew wide attention during the Covid-19 pandemic. Personalised cancer vaccines are a growing research area where treatment is tailored to each patient's tumour.
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