NON-DENDRITIC BACKBONE PEPTIDE CARRIER

The present invention relates to a non-dendritic peptide designed for use as a carrier of an immunogenic substance and/or an immune mediator, a construct of said carrier carrying an immunogenic substance and/or an immune mediator, a process for the preparation of immunogens with high and predictable immunogenicity which comprise said non-dendritic peptide carrier, use of such immunogens for the production of vaccines and vaccines comprising an immunogenic substance and/or an immune mediator on the peptide carrier. The invention also relates to diagnostic or therapeutic embodiments using the nondendritic peptide carrier, to diagnostic or therapeutic compositions and to methods for the use thereof in diagnosis of diseases and pregnancy as well as in therapy. The non-dendritic peptide carrier according to the invention comprises 10-50 amino acids capable of forming a secondary structure in a benign buffer after liberation from the solid phase.