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The expertise of the Center for Innovations in Medicine is built on a history of innovation. New efforts are being applied into three major projects.

The first, called genomes to vaccines, aims to create subunit vaccines from pathogen genomes. The researchers’ invention of the gene gun, genetic immunization, expression library immunization and linear expression elements make this goal feasible. With enough of these pathogen-based vaccines, the center aims to discover the rules to predict the best vaccine for any pathogen.

Doc-in-a-box, the center’s second initiative, is to create a household instrument to measure personal biosignatures of health on a regular basis. This would allow more accurate, individualized signatures and emphasize treating illness before the onset of symptoms.

Finally, the center is pursing cancer eradication — no small task. By thinking of cancer as a eukaryotic infection, researchers have identified a common distinction for all cancers. This project aims to develop a therapeutic vaccine for a tumor and create a universal diagnostic for very early cancer events, paving the way for a universal, prophylactic vaccine for cancer.

   The center has three main projects:
• Genomes to vaccines
• Doc-in-a-box
• Cancer eradication