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Breakout Labs backs microbiome play Azitra

October 11, 2016 7:00 AM UTC

The Thiel Foundation's Breakout Labs said it is providing funding to Azitra Inc. (Farmington, Conn.), a newco focused on using the skin microbiome to treat eczema and other skin diseases. The funds will support preclinical development of lead candidate AZT-01, a recombinant strain of a skin bacterium that secretes therapeutic proteins. ...