NeuBase Announces Formation of Gene Editing Advisory Board

Appointed Jeffrey Kindler, J.D. and John Maraganore, Ph.D. as strategy and business advisors to the Company

PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeuBase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBSE) (“NeuBase” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing Stealth Editors to perform in vivo gene editing without triggering the immune system, today announced the formation of a gene editing advisory board comprised of distinguished leaders of the scientific community who will support the development of the differentiated gene editing capabilities of the Company’s PATrOL platform. In addition, the Company announced the appointments of Jeffrey Kindler, J.D. and John Maraganore, Ph.D. as strategy and business advisors to the Company.

“We are honored to bring together this distinguished and talented group of gene editing advisors, with whom we will meet on a regular basis, to support our development of next generation therapies capable of addressing various high-value genetic mutations,” stated Dietrich A. Stephan, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NeuBase. “We continue to advance the development of our gene editing technology and plan on identifying initial programs targeting prevalent mutations that cannot be edited by base editors. Our technology leverages the differentiated gene editing capabilities of our PATrOL platform, which promises the unique ability to achieve precise repair of a diverse set of mutations in the genome without the need to deliver nucleases, such as modified bacterial CRISPR/Cas enzymes. We look forward to several data announcements supporting the development of our gene editing platform at various scientific conferences throughout the remainder of 2023, including oral presentations scheduled to take place at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 26th Annual Meeting taking place on May 16-20, 2023.”

The members of the gene editing advisory board include:

George Church, Ph.D. (Chairperson)

Professor Church is a pioneer of genome engineering, DNA sequencing and synthetic biology. He brings significant expertise both in genetics and the biotechnology industry to the NeuBase gene editing advisory board. He has co-founded 24 biotechnology companies, authored over 500 papers and 140 patent publications. George Church is a professor of genetics and professor of health sciences and technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the director of the Center for Genomically Engineered Organs (CGEO) and the Lipper Center for Computational Genetics. Professor Church is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011) and the National Academy of Engineering (2012), and he has received the Franklin Institute’s Bower Award for Achievement in Science (2011). He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology.