Axerion Therapeutics Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Axerion Therapeutics Inc.'s technology aims to block the binding of Amyloid beta to the prion protein PrP-C, a mechanism its scientists say is the toxic trigger behind neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease. Based at Yale University in New Haven, the team found that mice with AB plaques but no PrP-C showed no cognitive impairment. (Also see "Axerion Therapeutics Inc." - Scrip, 1 Jul, 2010.)