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Funding to build biological nanorobots

28-Sep-2017

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Founded in 2014, France-based Eligo Bioscience has received $20m Series A funding.

Aims is to treat a number of diseases using the human microbiome.

Eligo’s biological nanobots (aka eligobots) are made from DNA and protein.

Able to deliver a customised therapeutic payload to specific types of bacteria.

Nanobots can either kill the bacteria or transiently turn them into drug producers.

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Eligo Bioscience

Synthetic Biology company for targeted antimicrobials and microbiome editing.

Xavier Duportet

CEO at Eligo Bioscience.

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