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Generation Bio

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Founded
2016
Patents
39
Publications
7

Technologies

Gene Therapy Startups

Generation Bio is a biotechnology company developing a breakthrough class of genetic medicines to enable a new generation of people unaffected by inherited disease. The company’s therapies are based on its proprietary GeneWave technology, which delivers durable, high levels of gene expression and can be re-dosed to titrate to effect and to sustain impact over a lifetime.

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7 Biotechs Fighting Rare Diseases With Gene-Editing Tech

  
As of now, only 5% of so-called rare diseases (orphan diseases) have an FDA-approved treatment available to patients. Rare diseases are defined as those affecting fewer than 1 in 200.000 people with almost 80% of all rare diseases being of genetic nature. With recent progress in gene-editing technologies, including breakthroughs …