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Semma Therapeutics

www.semma-tx.com

 
Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a chronic, life-threatening disease that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States, 30,000 new cases are estimated every year with half of those cases diagnosed in young children. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the patient`s immune system goes awry and attacks and destroys the pancreatic beta cells. Beta cells are responsible for regulating blood sugar (glucose) levels by producing precise amounts of the essential hormone insulin. The discovery of injectable insulin in the 1920s changed T1D from a uniformly fatal disease with a life expectancy ...
  • Number of Employees: 25-100
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million
  • www.semma-tx.com
  • 450 Kendall Street Suite 2B
    Cambridge, MA USA 02142
  • Phone: 857.529.6430

Executives

Name Title Contact Details
David DiGiusto
Chief Technical Officer Profile

Funding

Semma Therapeutics raised $44M on 09/13/2016
Semma Therapeutics raised $114M on 11/29/2017

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