Gene-editing startup backed by Google Ventures raises $58M

Google Ventures-backed Verve Therapeutics — which has its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass, and reserarch labs at the Pennovation Center in West Philadelphia — raised $58 million. The company is focused on using gene editing to treat and prevent heart disease. Among Verve’s co-founders are Dr. Kiran Musunuru, an associate professor o f cardiovascular medicine and genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Musunuru is serving as Verve’s scientific advisor.…
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