Oct 10, 2023

Couragene Co-founders Developing Gene Editing Technology for Genetic Diseases Awarded Major Federal Grant

NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ— Couragene, a genetic medicines company using novel delivery platforms, announces today that its co-founders Yong-Hui Jiang and Jiangbing Zhou of Yale University, together with Elizabeth Berry-Kravis of RUSH University have been awarded a competitive UG3/UH3 grant from the NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) program. This monumental grant, totaling roughly $40 million contingent on milestones, marks a momentous step forward in leveraging genome editing to combat neurogenetic diseases.