Research Portfolio

We have been funding research since 2012. Explore our timeline of research projects below, or browse our Current or Completed project pages.

Key

Gene therapy and Gene editing

Cell therapy

Drug therapy

Protein therapy

EB cancer therapy

2026

Liquid Biopsies

Liquid biopsy of EB blister fluid for stem cell isolation and development of gene therapy strategies
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Healome

Development of an eye treatment for ocular surface damage
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NanoCure

A medical grade nanoneedle bandage for topical COL7A1 gene therapy
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Chemoprevention of RDEB SCC

Chemoprevention of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa-associated squamous cell carcinoma
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Replay

Replay next-generation gene therapy for DEB
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ELK-003

An opthalmic solution for the treatment of corneal abrasions associated with epidermolysis bullosa
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mRNA-based base editing

Evaluation of long-term effect on skin homeostasis and regeneration in a RDEB mouse model using different delivery methods of LNPs encapsulating mRNA-based base editing approach
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Bespoke Therapy for RDEB

Bespoke antisense oligomer-mediated splice modulating therapies for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa patients
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Therapy for JEB Airway Disease

Towards cell and gene therapy for Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa airway disease
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2025

Nova Anchora

Development of NvA-011 for topical application in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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Base & Prime Editing for RDEB

Base and prime editing strategies for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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Gene & Cell Therapy in RDEB SCC

Gene & Cell Therapy in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Nonsense Tx

Nonsense Tx reading through disease causing nonsense codons
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PASTE gene therapy in DEB

PASTE-Mediated Superexon Replacement of COL7A1 as a Treatment for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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Spray-on-Skin

Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of an iPS Cell-based Therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Delivered with a Spray-on-Skin Device
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2024

siRNA interference in EBS

siRNA-mediated allele-specific inhibition of mutant KRT5 and KRT14 transcripts carrying frequent dominant mutations in Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
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2023

Editing of RDEB fibroblasts

Testing the in vivo efficacy of base and prime editing in primary fibroblasts and in a 3D skin model of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
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Rigosertib for RDEB SCC

Rigosertib for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa-associated squamous cell carcinoma
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2022

Base editing of RDEB fibroblasts

Testing the efficacy of genomic base editing in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa primary fibroblasts
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BrB-101

Development of a topical gene-editing treatment to restore Collagen VII
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2021

Gene therapy for airway disease

Combined respiratory epithelial cell and gene therapy for amelioration of respiratory symptoms in children with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa
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RDEB gene-edited skin

Pre-clinical and clinical trial for using gene-edited skin in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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NanoCol

A nanoneedle bandage for topical intracellular COL7A1 gene therapy to accelerate wound healing in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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Exon skipping approach to RDEB

Exon skipping approach to Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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FIBRX Derm

Development of a topical gel formulation of decorin to reduce fibrosis
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2020

Mission EB

Double blind placebo controlled study of mesenchymal intravenous stromal cell infusions in children with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2019

RNA Derm

Development of IV-administered siRNAs targeting mutant KRT5 and KRT1 in EB Simplex
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TXA127

Development of an oral formulation of the peptide angiotensin-(1-7) to reduce fibrosis
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2018

EBGRAFT

Phase I/II ex vivo gene therapy clinical trial for RDEB using autologous skin equivalent grafts genetically corrected with a COL7A1-encoding SIN retroviral vector
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Gene editing for EB

Gene editing for Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2017

Next generation genome editing

Next generation genome editing for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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EB iPS Consortium

Epidermolysis Bullosa Therapeutic Reprogramming Consortium
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Ocular stem cell regeneration

Stem cell regeneration of the ocular surface in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2016

RDEB SCC gene sequencing

Deep sequencing Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa squamous cell carcinoma
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Lenticol M

Mensenchymal stromal cells engineered to express Collagen VII for the treatment of Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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Lenticol F

Phase I study of lentiviral-mediated COL7A1 gene-modified autologous fibroblasts in adults with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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ADSTEM

A phase I/II study to evaluate allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells for the treatment of skin disease in adults with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2015

Limbal stem cells

Limbal stem cells for treatment of corneal wounds in Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2014

TALEN-based gene editing

A TALEN-based approach to developing safer, more effective treatments for people with Epidermolysis Bullosa
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2013

EBSTEM

Clinical trial of mesenchymal stromal cells in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
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