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FirstString Research was founded on a vision to deliver clinically relevant and effective solutions for the treatment of diseases based upon insights and understanding from the molecular and cellular contexts that define the underlying pathology.
CellzDirect Inc is a Durham, NC-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Applied DNA is commercializing LinearDNA™, its proprietary, large-scale polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”)-based manufacturing platform that allows for the large-scale production of specific DNA sequences. The LinearDNA platform has utility in the nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostics and preclinical nucleic acid-based drug development and manufacturing market. The platform is used to manufacture DNA for customers as components of in vitro diagnostic tests and for preclinical nucleic acid-based drug development in the fields of adoptive cell therapies (CAR T and TCR therapies), DNA vaccines (anti-viral and cancer), RNA therapies, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) based therapies, and gene therapies. Applied DNA has also established a COVID-19 diagnostic and testing offering that is in the early stages of commercialization and is grounded in the Company’s deep expertise in DNA. The LinearDNA platform also has non-biologic applications, such as supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology. Key end-markets include textiles, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and cannabis, among others.
ProZyme is a Hayward, CA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Solugen is a venture-backed biotech startup that replaces petroleum based products with plant-derived substitutes.