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Wang Group alum’s startup, Curve Biosciences, in spotlight

Curve Biosciences (“Curve”), an early-stage company bringing precision to chronic disease care, today announced the addition of Nathan Hunkapiller, PhD, as chief scientific officer (CSO) and Chuba Oyolu, PhD, as chief technology officer (CTO). Hunkapiller leads Curve’s research and development, and Oyolu oversees technology development and software.

“Using my data and technology experience to address diseases that take the lives of millions of people prematurely is as meaningful a career opportunity as one could imagine”

Curve has created a proprietary Chronic Disease Tissue Atlas (CDTA) with over 250,000 tissues from more than 1,000 clinical studies using data mining research from the lab of Professor Shan X. Wang at Stanford University. Curve’s CDTA uniquely enables discovery of precise biological changes in chronic disease progression that can act as biomarkers and targets. Hunkapiller and Oyolu will help accelerate commercialization of Curve’s liquid biopsy products for patients with chronic liver diseases, and create new products for other chronic diseases such as endometriosis and inflammatory bowel disease.

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