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Ginkgo Bioworks Acquires Circularis To Strengthen Capabilities In Cell And Gene Therapy

Oct 04, 2022•about 3 years ago

Acquiring Company

Ginkgo Bioworks

Acquired Company

Circularis

BostonSustainabilityScience And EngineeringSoftwareBiotechnologyManufacturing

Description

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced the tuck-in acquisition of Circularis, a biotechnology company with a proprietary circular RNA and promoter screening platform. When circularized, RNA is much longer-lived in cells, improving its robustness as a potential therapeutic modality. The Circularis platform also allows ultra-high-throughput screening of promoters and other enhancers. Ginkgo is excited to welcome the Circularis team and platform to enable new solutions across bioproduction, RNA therapeutics, cell therapy, and gene therapy partnerships.

Company Information

Company

Ginkgo Bioworks

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Ginkgo is building a platform to enable customers to program cells as easily as we can program computers. The company's platform is enabling biotechnology applications across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals. Ginkgo has also actively supported a number of COVID-19 response efforts, including K-12 pooled testing, vaccine manufacturing optimization, and therapeutics discovery.

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