Left: Dr. Sid O’Bryant, Scientific Founder and Advisory Board Chair of CxPM. Right: CxPM CEO Dangaole Altman (Photo: CxPM)
Cx Precision Medicine is a diagnostic company founded on the research of Dr. Sid O’Bryant at the UNT Health Sciences Center in Fort Worth and his pioneering work on blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. was spun out from HSC in order to promote research. The company has recently been selected to join the prestigious StartUp Health Alzheimer’s Moonshot community, further increasing its visibility and opportunity for impact.
Participating in this “moonshot” will strengthen both CxPM and HSC’s position at “the forefront of the global effort to drive innovation in the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease,” HSC said. This was stated at the time of the selection announcement.
The research of CxPM founder O’Bryant, a professor of family medicine at HSC and executive director of the HSC Translational Research Institute, is the driving force behind CxPM’s mission to improve early detection and treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease. I am.
“I am thrilled and humbled by the accomplishments of the CxPM team,” O’Bryant said in a statement. “I embarked on this journey to create a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease detection in primary care, drawing on my own clinical experience and personal experience. I am delighted that this will soon be realized in clinical practice. I think so.”
After the spin-out, HSC said it will continue its collaboration with CxPM through sponsored research activities, representation on the CxPM board, and “prosecuting patent applications in a strong, global intellectual property portfolio.” HSC said.
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The New York-based StartUp Health Alzheimer’s Moonshot Initiative is focused on advancing solutions to prevent, diagnose, and treat Alzheimer’s disease, which affects more than 55 million people worldwide.
Joining the Alzheimer’s Moonshot community “represents an important milestone” in CxPM’s journey, HSC said. The company is currently looking to expand its operations and raise additional capital, and this new milestone could have a positive impact on its goals. HSC said the Moonshot program provides “valuable access to a network of investors, collaborators and strategic partners.”
“We are honored to be part of the Alzheimer’s Moonshot initiative,” Dangle Altman, CEO of CxPM, said in a statement. “The collaboration between Cx Precision Medicine and HSC has helped us bring highly accurate diagnostics to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, allowing us to enhance our real-world impact on patients’ lives.”
As part of the Moonshot community, CxPM will have the opportunity to increase impact through mentorship, global collaboration, and partnerships with other innovators focused on Alzheimer’s disease treatment.
The results “highlight the role of academic research and innovation in addressing one of the world’s most challenging diseases,” HSC said, and positioned CxPM as a “leader in precision diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.” .
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