exRNA Therapeutics Ltd, a start-up incubating at ASPIRE BioNEST, signed agreements with two faculty members of the School of Life Sciences at University of Hyderabad (UoH) for joint collaborative research on Friday.
The start-up is working on the development of novel therapeutic agents to treat communicable and non-communicable diseases. Professors Sharmishta Banerjee and Nooruddin Khan, the faculty members participating in this area, would be screening and validating novel molecules developed by exRNA Therapeutics, either alone or in combination, for better treatments for viral and bacterial infections, said a press release.
The agreements were signed by director R&D G.S. Prasad, on behalf of the participating faculty, and CMD of exRNA Therapeutics Vinay Tiwary, and exchanged in the presence of UoH VC B.J. Rao and registrar Devesh Nigam.
