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ShapeTx: Shaping up RNA editing

Shape edits RNA in vivo by recruiting adenosine deaminases

November 21, 2019 6:25 PM UTC

With its RNAfix platform, Shape is developing therapeutics that are designed to edit RNA in vivo by hijacking an enzyme in the target cell that naturally converts one RNA base to another.

The company raised $35.5 million in a series A this month led by NEA and boasts a scientific advisory board that includes George Church and James Collins. ...