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British startup ExpressionEdits secured $13 million in seed funding to advance their AI-powered platform for optimizing gene design in genetic medicine.
The company's innovative "intronization" technology, developed from University of Cambridge research, inserts noncoding DNA sequences (introns) into artificial genes to enhance gene expression and protein production.
ExpressionEdits aims to apply this technology to create new protein-based therapies for chronic age-related diseases like arthritis and inflammatory conditions.
The platform also enhances the precision and effectiveness of gene therapies by enabling lower doses and tissue-specific targeting, reducing potential toxicity.
The funding will accelerate the company's selection of preclinical study candidates and development of protein-based therapeutics, particularly those that have been difficult to manufacture in the past.
Investors are optimistic that ExpressionEdits' platform could become a universal tool for protein expression systems, potentially impacting antibody manufacturing and in vivo therapeutics.
