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dNovo

At dNovo, we are curing hair loss by creating new hair, de novo. We are doing this with cellular reprogramming technology that we pioneered at Stanford and Harvard. With this technology, we can take any patient derived cell, whether it be blood, skin or fat and reprogram (convert) them into medically relevant cell types. Our first objective is to cure hair loss by using our reprogramming technology to make new hair (patent pending). This is different from everything currently available on the ma

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At dNovo, we are curing hair loss by creating new hair, de novo. We are doing this with cellular reprogramming technology that we pioneered at Stanford and Harvard. With this technology, we can take any patient derived cell, whether it be blood, skin or fat and reprogram (convert) them into medically relevant cell types. Our first objective is to cure hair loss by using our reprogramming technology to make new hair (patent pending). This is different from everything currently available on the ma

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Healthcare · 6 peers

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match 49

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shared product terms: loss, patient, deriv, cell; shared product theme: health and clinical care; same category: Healthcare; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Brown Foods

match 41

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shared product terms: stanford, creat, cell, convert; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 35

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shared extracted concept terms: cellular; shared product terms: cellular, cell; shared product theme: health and clinical care; same category: Healthcare; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Tasso

match 32

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shared product terms: creat, patient, blood; shared product theme: health and clinical care; same category: Healthcare

Proton Health

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We're building an autonomous super-dermatologist to cure any skin condition in days.

shared product terms: cure, any, skin; same category: Healthcare

InnoVein

match 17

We cure intractable leg wounds with a replacement valve for veins.

shared product terms: we, cure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator