By activating the immune system with molecularly biologically transformed lactobacilli, Phillipson and Vågesjö have developed locally acting immunotherapies that safely stimulate healing in humans, and where promising preliminary results have been obtained both with regard to common skin wounds, infected wounds and intestinal damage in mice after immunotherapy against cancer.

Related article

Mia Phillipson – Pioneering immunotherapies

Despite being the co-founder of Ilya Pharma and co-director at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Dr. Mia Phillipson, considers herself a scientist foremost, not an entrepreneur. “Most of all, I am a scientist. Yes, absolutely. This is my main occupation and the one in which I have the most expertise,” says Mia Phillipson, who […]


About Hans Wigzell, Professor of Immunology, Karolinska Institutet

Former President of Karolinska Institutet, former Chairman of KI’s Nobel Committee and former Director General of the Infectious Diseases Institute and National Bacteriological Laboratory. Hans is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences IVA. Hans is part of the Scientific Advisory Board within the Foundation.

The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation

The foundation promotes its support of scientific research and education in the medical field, in particular through scholarships and other grants. It will also organize and/or support seminars and conferences. Foundation board: Olle Stenman (chairman), Dan Hoflund, Lynda Ondrasek Olofsson and Göran Nordström. The Foundation has established a Scientific Advisory Board for nominations and decisions. In addition to Hans Wigzell, the scientific advisory board consists of professors Ulf Eriksson, Mats Wahlgren and Ingemar Ernberg.