Medical News Today -- The atherosclerosis vaccine development program by AFFiRiS AG is receiving financial support from the EU's EUROTRANS-BIO call. The respective project is being carried out in cooperation with German company EMC microcollections GmbH. The aim of atherosclerosis vaccination is to increase the amount of "good" high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) in the blood and thus reduce the occurrence of harmful fatty deposits in the arteries. Product candidates were delivered by AFFiRiS' AFFITOME® platform technology. The target is a protein known as CETP (cholesteryl ester transfer protein). Following vaccines for Alzheimer¹s disease and Parkinson's disease, the atherosclerosis vaccine is the third such project announced by AFFiRiS AG.
