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Press Release

RaNA Therapeutics Raises $20.7 Million to Harness the Potential of Long Non-coding RNA

RaNA Therapeutics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-()-RaNA Therapeutics, Inc. today announced it has completed a $20.7 million round of financing co-led by Atlas Venture, SR One, and Monsanto, with participation of Partners Innovation Fund. The company is developing a technology platform to enable selective activation of target genes and expression of therapeutic factors by targeting a type of regulatory RNA called long non-coding RNA.