Details

Last Funding Type

Grant

Last Funding Money Raised

$225K

Industries

Biotechnology,Health Diagnostics,Medical Device,Pharmaceutical,Therapeutics

Founded date

Jan 1, 2016

Number Of Employee

11 - 50

Operating Status

Active

GRO Biosciences is leveraging breakthrough technologies from computational protein design and synthetic biology to develop best-in-class protein therapeutics with enhanced properties. The company has established multiple genomically recoded strains of bacteria that can incorporate non-standard amino acids into proteins to confer increased potency, stability, and targeted delivery.

GRO Biosciences is applying its technology platform to develop improved protein therapeutics for diabetes, growth disorders, and autoimmunity.

The company, co-founded by Dr. George Church, is located at the Harvard Life Lab, shared laboratory space for high-potential life sciences and biotechnology startups founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars.