Injectable, gelable and degradable system for protein delivery in partnership with Mannin

此次合作的目标是为青光眼的应用创造一种对医生和患者都友好的新治疗方法的药物输送系统。如果成功，这将有助于减轻与青光眼相关的直接和间接成本，同时提高加拿大国内的生物制造能力。Mannin研究有许多基于生物的分子，已经显示出治疗眼病和病症的初步潜力，特别是青光眼。然而，这些化合物的性质导致降解的潜力，使适当的递送方法对其成功应用至关重要。本提案的目标是开发一种适用于青光眼治疗的Mannin配方的输送系统。在麦克马斯特，通过20/20 NSERC眼科材料研究网络和orf资助的C20/20创新中心，我们在开发和验证使用团队方法将药物进入眼睛的新输送方法方面建立了国际声誉。多学科项目涉及聚合物开发、药物释放、生物表征以及给药系统的生物验证，需要具有广泛专业知识和项目管理的团队。该团队的所有成员都具有开发眼科输送系统的专业知识；团队方法将利用每个成员的优势（聚合物科学和化学，药物传递验证，体外和内部验证）来确保成功的结果。通过之前的研究合作，Mannin和网络成员已经研究了其他应用程序。这种现有的关系使我们能够快速执行本提案中概述的研究目标。

The goal of this partnership is to create a drug delivery system for a new treatment that is physician and patient friendly for use in a glaucoma application. If successful, this will help alleviate the direct and indirect costs associated with glaucoma while growing the national biomanufacturing capabilities within Canada. Mannin Research has a number of biologically-based molecules that have shown preliminary potential for treating eye diseases and conditions, particularly glaucoma. However, the nature of these compounds leads to the potential for degradation, making appropriate delivery methods critical to their successful application. The goal of this proposal is to develop a delivery system for Mannin's formulation that is suitable for a glaucoma treatment. At McMaster, through the 20/20 NSERC Ophthalmic Materials Research Network and the ORF-funded C20/20 Innovation Hub, we have established an international reputation for the development and validation of new delivery methods for getting drugs into the eye using a team approach. Multidisciplinary projects involving polymer development, drug release and biological characterization as well as biological validation of the delivery system require teams with broad expertise and project management. All members of the team have expertise in the development of ophthalmic delivery systems; the team approach will capitalize on the strengths of each of the members (polymer science and chemistry, drug delivery validation, in vitro and in validation) to ensure a successful outcome. Through previous researcher collaborations, Mannin and the network members have worked on other applications. This existing relationship allows us to execute quickly on the research goals outlined in this proposal.