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Bertozzi-founded cancer start-up launches

by Rowan Walrath
June 29, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 20

 

TwoStep Therapeutics, a biotechnology start-up cofounded by a trio of Stanford University scientists, including Nobel laureate and Priestley Medalist Carolyn Bertozzi, has launched with $6.5 million in seed funding. The Palo Alto, California–based firm will develop treatments for solid-tumor cancers using polyspecific integrin-binding peptides, which can selectively bind multiple integrins found on tumor tissues. The other two cofounders are bioengineer Jennifer Cochran and oncologist Ronald Levy.

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