Synthetic lethality company emerges from stealth

17 October 2023

Tessellate BIO, a pre-clinical stage biotech with a focus on novel synthetic lethality approaches, has emerged from stealth.

Headquartered in the Netherlands and with research labs at the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, UK, the company has an initial 8 million euros ($8.4 million) in seed funding from European venture capital firms, BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) and Forbion.

"I believe applying synthetic lethality beyond HRD has the potential to open a new frontier in precision oncology"Its lead program targets the DNA damage response and in particular cancers that depend on alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT).

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