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Persephone Biosciences | July 20, 2022

Persephone Biosciences Inc., a synthetic biology company reimagining patient and infant health through the development of microbiome-based medicines, today announced that it has closed a $15 million seed financing round. The round was co-led by First Bight Ventures and Propel Bio Partners, and included investments from Y Combinator, Fifty Years, Susa Ventures, American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Fund, Pioneer Fund, and ZhenFund among others. “Thi...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Tevard Biosciences | December 04, 2020

Tevard Biosciences, a privately-held biotechnology organization pioneering tRNA-based gene therapies, and Zogenix, a worldwide biopharmaceutical organization creating and commercializing uncommon infection treatments, today reported that the organizations have gone into a cooperation to recognize and create novel tRNA-based quality treatments for Dravet syndrome and other genetic epilepsies. Under the collaboration, Tevard will use its two interesting tRNA-based discovery platform...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Bio-Techne | February 25, 2021

Bio-Techne Corporation today declared the signing of a license agreement with Luminary Therapeutics for the utilization of TcBuster™ for the manufacturing of gene-modified cell therapies. TcBuster is Bio-Techne's proprietary non-viral transposon-based gene delivery system used to advance cell therapy manufacturing. Under the provisions of this agreement, Bio-Techne grants Luminary Therapeutics a non-exclusive license for TcBuster. Luminary Therapeutics will utilize TcBus...

MedTech, Industry Outlook

Globenewswire | July 18, 2023

Vaxxinity, Inc. a U.S. company pioneering the development of a new class of medicines, announced new data from a Phase 1 clinical trial demonstrating that antibodies derived from its investigational immunotherapeutic for Parkinson’s disease (PD), UB-312, slows seeding of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with PD as demonstrated using multiple target engagement assays. These data signify that UB-312 has established clear target engagement in PD patient CS...