After $59M round, CRISPR startup launches with plans to tackle heart disease

A new gene editing company, founded by two Harvard scientists and one of the men behind Editas Medicine, has launched with nearly $59 million to develop a single treatment for the leading cause of death worldwide. Verve Therapeutics emerged from stealth mode this week after a Series A financing round led by GV, formerly Google Ventures. The 10-person startup has also signed collaboration deals with fellow gene editing startup Beam Therapeutics and Verily, a life science business operating under…
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