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£12m investment to develop gene therapies for cause of blindness

Innovation Research

Nightstar, a new spin-out company from the University of Oxford and its research commercialisation company Isis Innovation, is to receive a £12 million investment from Syncona, an independent subsidiary of the Wellcome Trust.

The company has been formed to develop and commercialise therapies for retinal dystrophies – degenerative conditions that affect vision.

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