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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ernesto LujandNovoFounderSummer 2018HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—
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Ernesto Lujan
Founder·dNovo
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchSummer 2018
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Ernesto Lujan received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford, and has published cutting edge research on regenerative medicine in Nature, Cell Stem Cell, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His discovery of directly reprogramming skin into neural stem cells that successfully integrated in a live mouse brain was featured in the BBC. He has received awards from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
dNovoThe cure for hair loss.
IndustryHealthcare
Websitednovobio.com/
Team size4
X—
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSummer 2018
TagsAnti-Aging
