Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：entertainment 2025-08-25 05:56:26 - browse：528

Parts of a DNA spotlighted -- Coverage from STAT — Adobe

Ring Therapeutics, a gene therapy startup launched by Flagship Pioneering, has laid off just under 20% of its staff, or 19 employees, Flagship confirmed to STAT.

The move comes as Sonata Therapeutics, another Flagship startup, has let go of a third of its staff, part of a broader hunkering down by platform companies. As funding for private biotechs remains scarce, startups hoping to develop new technologies — always an expensive, setback-ridden process — have had to make tough choices on staffing and priorities.

Ring had been particularly ambitious. The company is trying to engineer a new class of viruses as vehicles for delivering genes into patients’ cells. These viruses, tiny bugs called anelloviruses, had the potential to be safer and more versatile than the viruses currently used for gene therapy, called AAVs.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Dobbs anniversary: the lost opportunity of abortion as health care
Next article： Readout LOUD podcast: The Sarepta saga, decoding biotech hype

focus

WSS

Bill would allow buprenorphine prescription for addiction via telehealth

The Readout: Gilead, Bernie Sanders, and other pharma news

Brain injuries and the importance of a second opinion

For Medicare Advantage, Democrats want stronger protections around AI

The health care issue Democrats can’t solve: hospital reform

Doctors' information doesn't help them choose wisely when sick

entertainment

Wikipedia

leisure time

Anesthesiologist group: stop taking Ozempic before surgery

Medicare must police algorithms in Medicare Advantage, Dems say

FDA approval of Sarepta Duchenne genetic therapy gives me hope

Humans aren't the only ones with an imagination. Rats have it too

The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions

Readout Newsletter: Medeor's stem cell study, Moderna's stock dip

Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion

For Medicare Advantage, Democrats want stronger protections around AI

Drug repurposing or repositioning? The language matters

Readout LOUD podcast: The Sarepta saga, decoding biotech hype

hotspot

'Revelatory' study finds a smoking impact that remains after quitting

Kidney transplant patients stopped immunosuppressants in trial

BioAge raises $170M for combination therapy with Zepbound

How to convince healthy people to buy insurance

To avoid data mishandling cases, universities eye AI and other tools

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug launch off to slow start

knowledge

Wikipedia

focus

focus