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Gene Therapy

Apertura Gene Therapy launches with $67 million

by Jessica Marshall
April 30, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 15

 

Apertura Gene Therapy has launched with $67 million in series A funding with the aim of overcoming problems that have kept gene therapy from widespread use. The company will develop new adeno-associated virus capsids for gene delivery using machine-learning approaches and high-throughput assays developed by the company’s scientific founder, Ben Deverman of Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. It also has a deal for technologies that control gene expression developed by Michael Greenberg’s lab at Harvard Medical School.

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