Implantable Tissue Engineered Brain Pathways

Innervace spun out of the University of Pennsylvania
is a company focused on the development and commercialization
of anatomically inspired living scaffolds for brain pathway reconstruction.

Innervace spun out of the University of Pennsylvania
is a company focused on the development and commercialization
of anatomically inspired living scaffolds for brain pathway reconstruction.

Our lead clinical product is a tissue-engineered nigrostriatal pathway (TE-NSP) that mimics the lost nigrostriatal pathway in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). TE-NSPs are microinjected into the brain, with the TE-NSP cell bodies implanted into the substantia nigra and their axonal projections terminating in the striatum. Then the TE-NSPs create synaptic connections within the local architecture, further establishing a biologically relevant network integrated with the existing neuroanatomy.

 

Other PD cell therapies infuse dopaminergic neurons straight into the striatum, potentially creating uncontrolled dopamine release. TE-NSP recapitulate the lost circuitry in PD patients, allowing for refined and controlled dopamine release.

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Meet the Team

Headshoots MASTER
Nader Halim, PhD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Braunewell
Stephen Braunewell
Strategic Operations
Dave Greenwald sized 2
Dave Greenwald, PhD
Deerfield Management Company
Board Director
Jonathan Leff sized 2
Jonathan Leff
Deerfield Management Company
Board Director
Althea Stillman
Althea Stillman , PhD
Longview Innovation
Board Director
Cullen
D. Kacy Cullen, PhD
Co-Scientific Founder
doug smith
Douglas Smith, MD
Co-Scientific Founder