CorriXR Therapeutics

CorriXR Therapeutics is an oncology-focused biotherapeutics developing a novel gene editing platform technology.

CorriXR has developed an innovative CRISPR/Cas molecule that disables the genome of a tumor cell but not the genome of a healthy cell thereby conferring target selectivity. It is uniquely directed towards knocking out genetic pathways to allow for a broad-based combinatorial therapeutic regimen for the treatment of solid tumors.

The company’s initial genetic pathway target is the NRF2 gene. The Nrf2 protein is a global transcriptional regulator that functions to activate genes in response to cellular stress and is implicated in progression of solid tumors. CorriXR’s objective is to use CRISPR-directed gene editing to disable NRF2 gene functions specifically in cancer cells. The company says preclinical data in both cell and animal models confirms that the NRF2 gene is a viable target for a gene editing therapeutic for solid tumors.

CorriXR Therapeutics is the inaugural biotech spin-out of ChristianaCare, a large healthcare system, and the Gene Editing Institute (GEI), which has been embedded in ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute since 2015.

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