Light4Lungs
Light4Lungs departs from current paradigms as bacterial infections will be treated by a breathable light source, thus:
(1) Without including any externally added drug it overcomes the multidrug resistance profile;
(2) With eliciting the therapeutic action by a breathable light source it avoids the use of invasive physical tethers.
The encompasses the development of particles with persistent luminescence, the aerosol technology for activation and delivery to the lungs, and the definition of the treatment parameters through toxicity and efficacy tests in clinically relevant models of respiratory infections. Its results have the potential to go beyond treatment of recalcitrant respiratory tract bacterial infections to other lung diseases and to other organs, enriching fields of healthcare, nanomedicine, materials science and nanotechnology.
Project objectives
Approach
The Consortium, with 8 partners from 4 countries, is highly interdisciplinary and synergetic, combining several different scientific areas from photonics to medicine, including materials chemistry, physical chemistry, photo-physics, pharmaceutics, photobiology and microbiology. Multidisciplinary teams will be assemble to ensure cross-talk between disciplines and specialists throughout the project.
Facts in brief
Funding organization EC / H2020 – FET OpenTimeframe December 2019 – November 2023Funding amount 3,493,625.00 €Coordinator INSTITUT QUIMIC DE SARRIA (IQS-URL)
Partners
INSTITUT QUIMIC
DE SARRIA
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI
DI FIRENZE
FUNDACIO PRIVADA
INSTITUT CATALA
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI
DI PADOVA
CARDIFF SCINTIGRAPHICS LIMITED
THE UNIVERSITY
OF LIVERPOOL
WEDO PROJECT INTELLIGENCE
MADE EASY SL
Last News
Light4Lungs Job Offer
The Light4Lungs project is calling for applicants to a two-year post-doctoral position now open at research labs based in Paris. This opportunity to join the Light4Lungs research team will entail studying the interaction of light with bacterial biofilm with the aim of...
Light4Lungs Project Review
As is customary one year in, the Light4Lungs project was reviewed on 27 January. This was an opportunity to take a look at the progress made over the previous twelve months and check that the project is on track to meet its milestones. The EU-funded Light4Lungs...
Light4Lungs newsletter
The Light4Lungs team has issued a newsletter with an update on all the latest project developments. Our consortium is formed of eight partners located in four different European countries combining a broad range of specialised scientific areas, including photonics,...