Humacyte and Pluristyx Announce Gene Editing Partnership to Support BioVascular Pancreas (BVP™) Development Using iPSCs

DURHAM, N.C.and SEATTLE, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUMA), a commercial-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissue at commercial scale, and Pluristyx, Inc. today announced an expanded partnership. Pluristyx makes and sells PluriBank™ iPSC lines as part of their tools, technologies, and services to support the development of cellular therapies, and is currently performing gene editing of PluriBank cells for Humacyte’s use in developing its investigational BioVascular Pancreas (BVP™), designed for the potential treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes.

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