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Xilis

Founded: 2019

Location: Durham, NC

Employee range: 11 - 50

Funding: $19M A Jul 2022; $70M A Jul 2022

Investors: FPV Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, EQT Life Sciences, Mubadala Capital Management, Pear Ventures, GV, the Duke Angel Network, Catalio Capital Management, Two Sigma Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Alix Ventures

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Short description:

Micro-organosphere technologies to guide precision therapy for cancer patients

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Long description:

Xilis is developing next-generation technologies to guide therapies for cancer patients. Current cancer therapies have side effects that could be eliminated if patient-specific responses could be predicted. To overcome this, Xilis is using their MicroOrganoSphere (MOS) technology, which enables patient-derived micro-tumor production. MOS retains unique patient tissue structure, genetic alterations, gene expression and immune microenvironment to enable precision oncology. Having patient predictive tumor models lets Xilis measure cell viability and drug response so that clinicians can make timely decisions for treatment strategies. So far, MOS has worked for breast, lung and liver cancers.