Expoquimia I+D+i awards: Biotechnology

Project name: "Rational design and synthesis of non-natural amino acids with antimetastatic and antiproliferative activity"

The winner project was carried out by three members of the company´s staff: Dr. Yosu Vara Salazar, Dr. Aizpea Zubia Olascoaga and Dr. Eider San Sebastian Larzabal. The work focussed on the computational design and small scale synthesis of non-natural amino acids with therapeutic activity both in vivo and in vitro , both in early and late stages of the development of certain types of cancers. In particular, the molecules generated are particularly efficient against a murine model of colon cancer in vivo, and equally efficient in vitro for the inhibition of adhesion processes related to melanoma and lymphoma cell lines.

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