GentiBio launches to develop engineered regulatory T cells for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

(Verge Scientific Communications) GentiBio, Inc., an emerging biotherapeutics company developing engineered regulatory T cells (EngTregs) programmed to treat autoimmune, alloimmune, autoinflammatory, and allergic diseases, announced today it has closed a $20 million seed funding led by OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund and RA Capital Management, L.P. GentiBio also announced it has entered into exclusive licensing partnerships with Seattle Children's Research Institute, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI), and MIGAL Galilee Research Institute (MIGAL) to advance the company's unique immune tolerance platform.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news