Ascidian Therapeutics

Ascidians – also known as sea squirts – are ocean creatures and primordial ancestors of vertebrates. To grow from larvae to adults, ascidians re-engineer their transcriptome through RNA trans-splicing and alternative splicing. Ascidian Therapeutics was founded to rewrite RNA by editing and replacing human exons, inspired by this example. Ascidian Therapeutics uses genomics, computational biology, and deep-sequencing technologies to create a new class of medicines that address the underlying causes of disease.