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"This idea that we could infuse these long-lasting, therapeutic protein factories into patients captured our imagination,” said Alexis Ji, Venture Partner at Illumina Ventures. “Rather than patients going to the clinic over and over, the treatment is always there. This creates the potential to offer functional cures for serious diseases.”
"This is an exciting direction because it offers opportunities for actual cures," said Illumina Ventures partner Wouter Meuleman. "The ability to correct single-nucleotide variations, or even replace entire genes, will change how we practice medicine."
“While most liquid biopsy efforts focus on circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), Alamar is taking a different path, looking for circulating cancer-associated protein biomarkers,” said Nick Naclerio, Ph.D., Founding Partner of Illumina Ventures. “This is mostly undiscovered territory and could ultimately lead to highly sensitive diagnostics that find cancer and other diseases early when they are most ...
“We’ve been impressed by Actym’s STACT platform because it’s both systemic and localized,” said Alexis Ji, Ph.D., Partner at Illumina Ventures. “In other words, it’s administered systemically, which is ideal to tackle metastases, but homes in on tumors and avoids healthy tissues, to minimize side effects. Potentially, this approach could increase both efficacy and safety.”
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