Dyne Launches With $50m For Antibody Conjugates That Deliver Oligonucleotides To Muscles

The start-up incubated by Atlas Venture is focused on the delivery of nucleic acids and other molecules to skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles. The Series A round will allow Dyne to take its lead program for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) into the clinic.

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Dyne Therapeutics came out of stealth mode on April 3 with $50m in Series A venture capital to build out its platform for developing antibody conjugates that deliver nucleic acids and other molecules to muscles for the treatment of serious muscle diseases, starting with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1).

The Cambridge, Mass.-based company, incubated by Atlas Venture with seed funding from the VC firm, developed the novel spin on the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) construct all on its own

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