Quorex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Quorex Pharmaceuticals has discovered a regulatory molecule and signaling pathway that permits bacterial cells to sense when they have achieved the population density (a quorum) needed to initiate the successful infection of a host. It is developing compounds that disrupt that communication system, which is found in a range of pathogens, to prevent infection.
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