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Achilles Therapeutics Targets The Root Of Cancer

 
• By Lubna Ahmed

Emerging Company Profile: With funding from Cancer Research UK and Syncona – and a wealth of science from its founders – newly launched London-based immuno-oncology company Achilles Therapeutics, believes it has identified cancer's weak spot.

Achilles' ultimate aim, according to CEO Chris Ashton, is to improve the current standard of care for those suffering with cancer by "cutting off the trunk of the cancer tree" and targeting what he believes to be the Achilles’ heel of the disease; the truncal initial mutations said to be present in every cancer cell.

The premise behind the company is based on research, recently published in Science,that details a way in which...

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