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WPLG Local 10 – Interview on cancer RNA degrading medicines
Episode 2 of Research Detectives premiers Health Channel of South Florida PBS Matthew Disney, who recently showed that degrading specific RNA can make cancer self-destruct South Florida PBS
2018
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-scripps-company-spinoff-20180103-story.html
South Florida Sun Sentinel / January 3, 2018
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-biotech-financing-20180103-story.html
San Diego Union-Tribune / January 3, 2018
https://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2018/01/03/in-quest-to-drug-rna-with-small-molecules-expansion-pulls-in-55m/
Xconomy / January 3, 2018
https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i2/Expansion-Therapeutics-launches-target-RNA.html
C&EN / January 3, 2018
https://endpts.com/upstart-expansion-bags-a-55m-launch-round-to-join-the-hunt-for-rna-targeting-small-molecules/
Endpoints News / January 3, 2018
http://www.finsmes.com/2018/01/expansion-therapeutics-closes-55-3m-series-a-financing.html
FINSMES / January 3, 2018
https://www.biospace.com/article/unique-new-socal-biotech-launches-with-55-3m-backed-by-novartis-sanofi-and-5am-ventures/
Biospace / January 3, 2018
2017
Small Molecules Against RNA Targets Attract Big Backers.
Nature / November 28, 2017
The RNA Drug Hunters: Academics, Biotech Start-Ups, and Big Pharma Companies Are Designing Small Molecules That Target RNA.
Chemical & Engineering News / November 27, 2017
America’s Top Young Researchers Named Finalists for 2017 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
NewsWise / May 31, 2017
Potential Drug Candidates Halt Prostate and Breast Cancer Growth.
Science Daily / March 9, 2017
A New Model of C9orf72 ALS Cycles In.
The ALS Research Forum / February 15, 2017
2016
Two TSRI Chemists Named Finalists for Blavatnik Awards
NewsWise / June 3, 2016
Scientists Create Compound That Erases Disease-Causing RNA Defect
Bioscience Technology / June 2, 2016
Scripps Florida Scientists Pioneer a Breakthrough Approach to Breast Cancer Treatment
EurekAlert! / May 9, 2016