Better medicine is in our(synthetic) DNA
Better medicine is in our(synthetic) DNA
A breakthrough for better medicines
With our novel DNA base pair, we are designing and building protein therapeutics to create an entirely new generation of tailored medicines improving how we treat disease.
DNA research: the path to improved therapeutics
1866
Mendel publishes on the heredity of peas and establishes the first laws of genetics.1944
Avery, McLeod, McCarty define DNA as the carrier of genetic information.1950
Chargraff establishes rules of base pairing.1953
Wilkins, Franklin, Watson, and Crick publish the double helix structure of DNA.1958
Hoagland and Zamecnik discover tRNA.1962
Rich publishes the first proposal of unnatural base pairs (UBP) and selective pairing of DisoC and DisoG via H-bonding patterns1964
Nirenberg, Leder, Khorana, and Holley describe triplet nature of the genetic code and genetic code translation.1973
Cohen and Boyer discover recombinant DNA technology.1983
Mullis invents the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique.1989
Benner demonstrates in vitro replication and transcription of isoC and isoG.1992
Benner publishes first in vitro translation using isoC–isoG pair and isoCAG codon.1997
Kool demonstrates selective dA-dF pairing with reduced complementary H-bonding.2003
Two scientific teams publish the first human genome sequences.2006
Hirao publishes first UBP pair that could be PCR amplified with an error rate below 1%.2009
Romesberg lab publishes first UBP pairs, d5SICS-dNaM (X) and d5SICS-dMMO2 (Y), that can be efficiently PCR amplified and transcribed.2014
Romesberg lab shows nucleotide transporter allows for replication of XY genetic information in E. coli.2014
Synthorx founded with technology licensed from the Romesberg Lab at The Scripps Research Institute and secures $6.25M Series A.2015
Demonstration of in vitro translation of UBPs (X and Y): Synthorx identifies codons and validates in vitro translation.2016
Synthorx completes $10M Series B and initiates in vivo platform and internal pipeline.2017
Synthorx initiates scalable recombinant protein production (synthorins) and begins lead candidate selection in two programs.2017
Romesberg lab publishes on a semi-synthetic organism that stores and retrieves increased genetic information.2018
Synthorx starts two IND-enabling programs.2018
Synthorx completes $63M Series C financing.
The Synthorx team
At Synthorx, we focus on making significant advancements in protein design to deliver highly targeted therapeutic modulation for patients suffering from difficult diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders.
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Synthorx, Inc.
11099 North Torrey Pines Road, Suite 290
La Jolla, CA 92037
Synthorx, Inc.
11099 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA