Versant's Century Aims For Off-The-Shelf Cancer Cell Therapies
Executive Summary
With Bayer’s venture arm providing $215m, Versant Ventures’ Century Therapeutics emerges with $250m and a plan to develop allogeneic stem cell therapies for various cancers, including solid tumors.
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