dNovo
The cure for hair loss.
What they do
Hair loss treatments largely focus on preserving existing hair rather than regenerating new hair follicles, leaving patients without a true cure.
A cellular reprogramming platform that converts patient-derived cells into hair-producing cells to generate new hair de novo.
People experiencing hair loss seeking a curative, hair-regrowth treatment.
Founders
Ernesto Lujan received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford, and has published cutting edge research on regenerative medicine in Nature, Cell Stem Cell, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His discovery of directly reprogramming skin into neural stem cells that successfully integrated in a live mouse brain was featured in the BBC. He has received awards from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Company timeline
- Founded2018
- YC batchSummer 2018
- StatusInactive
- Team size4 people
- LocationSan Jose, CA, USA
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