The disease
Autoimmune diseases
When the immune system mistakenly turns against the body. Around 80 diseases, affecting 5 to 8% of the population — myasthenia gravis is our first target.
Autoimmune diseases
Conditions in which the immune system mistakenly turns against certain parts of the body, as if they were harmful foreign cells.
5 to 8 %
of the world's population is affected today, amounting to more than 400 million people.
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Graves' (Basedow) disease
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Hashimoto's disease
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Type 1 diabetes
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Multiple sclerosis
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Systemic lupus
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Myasthenia gravis
Estimated cases in Europe.
CuraVac is initially focusing its research on myasthenia gravis —a rare autoimmune disease— before extending the platform to other conditions.
Digging deeper into the science
Explore the complementary peptide mechanism step by step, or browse the scientific publications that underpin our work.