Aera Therapeutics launches with $193 Million in financing with a novel drug delivery platform from the lab of Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute.

The Boston biotech Aera Therapeutics said on Thursday it had raised $193 million. Feng Zhang, Aera's founder and a CRISPR pioneer, spoke with Insider about his vision for the firm. Aera wants to ...

Aera Therapeutics, a startup launched by the CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang, has laid off a quarter of its staff, the company confirmed to STAT.

Investors bet big on Feng Zhang’s new startup, out to solve one of gene editing’s most vexing problems Aera Therapeutics is launching with $193 million to develop a new nanoparticle technology ...

Duke University will award honorary degrees to Dr. Rebecca Buckley ’54, David Robinson II ’64 and Dr. Feng Zhang during its 2025 commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 11. Throughout the university’s ...

A new startup co-founded by Feng Zhang aims to develop treatments for a variety of diseases, including chronic and aging-related conditions, using what’s called epigenetic editing.

Akin Akinc was scouring his email spam box last summer, looking for a missing message, when he stumbled across an unexpected email from a quite recognizable name: Feng Zhang. Zhang, one of the ...

Feng Zhang’s lab has unveiled a new tool that could be a game changer for the therapeutic delivery of biomolecules: a bacterial "syringe." ...

16 Jun – Wang Feng's protege, Zhang Hengyuan has recently passed away. The news was shared by the rock singer on his social media account on 14 June as an open letter to the singer's widow, writing, ...

China-born biologist Zhang Feng has been awarded the United States’ highest honour for technological achievement in a ceremony at the White House, alongside eight other recipients. Zhang, an MIT ...

BEIJING – Chinese supermodel Ge Huijie, the ex-girlfriend of Chinese rocker Wang Feng, was said to have reacted with glee to his divorce with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. Ge said Zhang has ...

24 Oct - Zhang Ziyi and Wang Feng surprised many recently by announcing that they have ended their marriage of eight years. The couple released their statements on social media on 23 October, ...