Kimer Med is Crowdfunding Early Stage Work to Commercialize DRACO Antiviral Technology

Kimer Med is a New Zealand biotech startup in the very early stages of work on improvement and commercialization of the DRACO antiviral technology. This approach works by selectively destroying cells that host viral replication, and has been shown to be effective for a few presently challenging viral infections in animal models. In principle it is a platform extensible to any viral infection. Unfortunately DRACO fell into the usual chasm, made up of a lack of funding for later stage academic research, a lack of strong-willed iconoclasts willing to go to bat for it, and a lack of interest in the pharmaceutical industry for anything that isn't neatly packaged and ready to go. The Kimer Med principals are providing the strong-willed iconoclast component of the mix, but there is work yet to do in order to attract investors: nailing down intellectual property, proving that replication and improvement of the original DRACO formulation works as they claim, and so forth. So the team is giving crowdfunding a try for their early development plan. This has long been a technology of interest for the longevity community for some years, as it might be a way to address herpesviruses like cytomegalovirus that appear to be important in the age-related decline of the immunity system. So take a look at the crowdfunding page, and give some though to helping out. We are working on a broad-spectrum antiviral drug. You can help us achieve a future free of the suffering caused by vir...
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