Corgentech Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Corgentech Inc. aims to avoid the problems that have thwarted viral and liposome-based gene delivery with a pressure-mediated delivery system. Its payload is decoys of transcription factors, the proteins that regulate gene expression. Corgentech's TF decoys are designed to bind with transcription factors, preventing normal DNA from burrowing in and activating its target gene.