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Portal Biotechnologies Secures $8M DARPA Contract for Portable Cell Therapy Device Development.

Jun 24, 202512 months ago

Contract Type

contract

ArlingtonBiotechnologyArtificial Intelligence

Description

Portal Biotechnologies has secured an $8M contract with DARPA for the RBC Factory Program to develop a portable cell therapy device. This initiative seeks to enhance personalized medical interventions by enabling rapid modifications of red blood cells at the point of care.

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Company

Portal

Location

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

About

Portal is a cell engineering platform company focused on enabling next generation cell engineering and cell analytics across research and clinical applications. We are implementing a simplified approach to intracellular delivery, focused on accelerating advances enabled by the new generation of RNA, gene editing, and AI-driven technologies. Portal’s initial product suite is based on a proprietary mechanical delivery system capable of delivering many different types of cargo to a broad range of cell types. The technology's ability to be used stand-alone or as an integrated component of third-party systems provides a significant opportunity to broadly impact the fields of biological research and cellular therapeutics

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