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How One Startup Is Making Egg Freezing More Affordable and Equitable

Cofertility raised $7.25 million in Series A funds, taking its total funding to date to $16 million. The startup is making egg freezing more accessible by tying it to egg donation — it offers one program in which women can pay to freeze their eggs and store them all for their own later use, and another one that allows women to freeze their eggs for free when they give half to a family who can’t otherwise conceive.

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Scholar Rock raises $20M for its targeted growth factor therapies

Targeting the growth factors that influence cell proliferation and differentiation in disease is a pretty “well-trodden” field, but Cambridge biotech Scholar Rock purports to take a new spin on the concept. It’s announced a $20 million Series A financing round, and plans to use the funds to move its preclinical work into clinical drug development. Scholar Rock is […]

Startup’s drug could help preemies breathe easy

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a common condition among premature infants that require ventilation after birth. It causes inflammation and scarring in their delicate lungs, leading to serious complications at the earliest and most critical stages of a preemie’s development. Cincinnati-based Airway Therapeutics has raised $4.6 million in Series A financing for its new treatment, AT-100, that prevents BPD in preemies. The company has developed a […]