LyGenesis, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cell therapies for patients with end stage liver disease, type 1 diabetes, end stage renal disease, and aging announced it has raised more than $19M in a Series A-2 financing round led by Prime Movers Lab, investors in breakthrough scientific startups, with follow-on funding from Juvenescence. This funding round will enable LyGenesis to complete its Phase 2a clinical trial and advance its pipeline of cell therapies.

LyGenesis is a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose cell therapies use patients' lymph nodes as bioreactors to regrow functioning ectopic organs. LyGenesis's lead allogeneic cell therapy program is currently in a Phase 2a clinical trial for patients with end stage liver disease (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04496479). LyGenesis's drug development pipeline includes cell therapies that can produce an ectopic thymus (for aging and multiple other potential indications), pancreas (for Type 1 diabetes), and kidney (for end stage renal disease). Privately held with investment support from Prime Movers Lab and Juvenescence, and other investors, LyGenesis is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.