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Neurotrack is a digital health company dedicated to the development of non-invasive cognitive health assessment tools that will enable earlier and more effective evaluation of patients who may be at risk for cognitive decline, and help advance research of treatments for cognitive diseases, including Alzheimer`s.
EV Biologics is a biotechnology company that is developing extracellular vesicles (EVs) to create diagnostic modalities and safe, effective biotherapeutics to improve outcomes of serious clinical conditions.
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 of months to one that could be carefully managed for decades through multiple daily blood glucose measurements and insulin injections. However, insulin injections are not a cure and patients face a lifetime of difficult disease management and serious complications including kidney failure, blindness and nerve damage. Despite nearly a century passing since the discovery of insulin, insulin injection remains the only treatment available to patients. Semma Therapeutics was founded to develop transformative therapies for patients who currently depend on insulin injections. Recent work in the laboratory of Professor Douglas Melton led to the discovery of a method to generate billions of functional, insulin-producing beta cells in the laboratory. These cells develop in islet-like clusters grown from stem cells. Initial preclinical work in animal models of diabetes has shown that transplantation of these cells are sufficient to control blood glucose levels. This breakthrough technology has been exclusively licensed to Semma Therapeutics for the development of a cell-based therapy for diabetes. Ongoing research at Semma Therapeutics is focused on combining these proprietary cells with a state-of-the-art cell delivery and immune protection strategy that can protect these cells from the patient`s immune system and allow the beta cells to function as they do in non-diabetic individuals. Implantation of the beta cell-filled device has the potential to provide a true replacement for the missing beta cells in a diabetic patient and would not require patient immunosuppression. Semma Therapeutics is working to bring this new therapeutic option to the clinic and improve the lives of patients with diabetes.
Epirium Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics that promote mitochondrial biogenesis and function through a novel mechanism of action discovered by the company.
Sherlock Biosciences aims to disrupt molecular diagnostics with better, faster, affordable tests. With our unique Engineering Biology platforms, we are on the cusp of solving challenges ranging from faster pathogen detection and simpler testing for cancer to improved food safety. We envision a world where our products will enable users to make more effective decisions in any environment, whether in hospitals, industrial settings, the developing world, or at home. Our team and founders include Engineering Biology pioneers with world-leading expertise in CRISPR and Synthetic Biology, diagnostic industry veterans, and disease-area authorities. Together, they provide an unparalleled set of capabilities that are transforming molecular diagnostics in clinical and non-clinical settings.