Honing Biosciences
We are pioneering the next generation cellular therapies to control the dynamic delivery of proteins in patients.
- Develop and improve cell-based therapies
- Precise control of cell functions after delivery to patients, increasing the efficacy and limiting the harmful drawbacks of previous generations of treatments
- Control the dynamic delivery of proteins in patients
Tuning Cell Therapies
Honing Biosciences is a bio-therapeutics company that develops and improves cell-based therapies in particular of cancer and other chronic diseases. Cell-based approaches represent a promising avenue to develop
novel therapies.
Honing Biosciences leverages technologies that allow precise control of cell functions after delivery to patients, increasing the efficacy and limiting
the harmful drawbacks of previous generations of treatments. Our molecular CellTune™ technology allows to develop new classes of tunable cell therapeutics to control
the dynamic delivery of proteins in patients. We can thus regulate protein expression at the cell surface or the secretion of enzymes, cytokines, antibodies, adapting the
delivery of therapeutic proteins to clinical evolutions.
Honing Biosciences proprietary technological platform has breakthrough applications all types of cell-based
therapy, including immunotherapy and reconstituting cell therapies for autoimmunity and chronic diseases.
Honing Biosciences is focused on improving medicine by re-engaging the body's immune system to treat cancer. Honing Biosciences is founded on the vision that the use of human T cells as therapeutics will drive one of the most important phases in medicine.
On a longer term, Honing Biosciences aims to develop cell-based therapy to include additional product candidates to address a broad range of cancers and human diseases.
Our technology could adapt to cancer research and many other indications. Whenever a cell has to secrete a particular protein or hormone, our technology can be considered.
Franck Perez
Cto & Founder
Our ambition is to offer our technological platform to partners, companies or laboratories, who would like to use it for their own research. We see our competitors as potential partners.
Abdelkader Bousabaa
Ceo & Founder
We have worked on the maturation of technology, on the protection of intellectual property, and at the same time on support for the creation of the company. The patents are exclusive licenses.
Amaury Martin
Institut Curie - Founder
Honing's innovative strategies, which have impressive potential, could make it possible to modulate a large number of cell therapies. We are very pleased to join this young company and support its development.
Franck Lescure
Elaia - Investor
Partners
Elaia - PSL Innovation Fund invests in Honing Biosciences. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of the company's proprietary cell therapy technology and to initiate new areas of development.
Elaia - PSL Innovation Fund
Elaia is a leading European private equity firm with a strong technological DNA. We invest in high-potential digital and deep tech start-ups from seed stage, and we accompany them until they become world leaders. For 17 years, our commitment has been to deliver financial performance while having strong values.
We are proud to have been the first professional investor in more than 70 startups, including many success stories such as Criteo (Nasdaq), Orchestra Networks (acquired by Tibco), Sigfox, Teads (acquired by Altice), Mirakl and Shift Technology.
To find out more: www.elaia.com • @Elaia_Partners
Partners portal
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CellTune™
Over the last few years, there have been two major breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer patients, which have impacted the survival rate of these patients in a very significant way. The two breakthroughs are now called CAR-T cells therapy and checkpoints inhibitors respectively.
CarTune™
CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T) cells have now been proven to have an extraordinary capacity to kill cancer cells and have led to complete remissions in previously incurable patients. However this approach has also led to deaths and clinical holds of current clinical trials.
Honing's scientific team led by F. Perez and in collaboration with S. Amigorena is world-renowned leaders in the field of intracellular molecular trafficking and immunity. They have designed successfully (and patented) various forms of clever switches, which can be applied to CAR-T cells. The first R&D axis of Honing Biosciences will be to render CARs switchable.
Checkpoint inhibitors
Immune checkpoints are a normal part of the immune system. Their role is to prevent an immune response from being so strong that it destroys healthy cells in the body.
Immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors work by blocking checkpoint proteins from binding with their partner proteins. This prevents the “off” signal from being sent, allowing the T cells to kill cancer cells.
Honing Biosciences is developing means to regulate the activity of immune checkpoints using their proprietary tubing systems. This can be transferred to various cell-based immunotherapy approaches.
CellTune™
In addition to directly tuning CAR-T cell activity, Honing’s technology can be used to tune cell activities (proliferation, activation, motility...). CellTuned factors can be used to control or potentiate various cell-based therapeutic approach including, but not limited to, CAR-T.
BioProduction
Biologics are more and more used to developed cutting edge therapeutic approaches and are increasingly used to produced personalized products. Gene delivery also depends on efficient production means. Honing is partnering to set-up next generation, fully controlled, bioproduction means.
Our Technology
Honing's technology is dedicated to modulate and secure cellular therapies
Research portal
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Contact Us
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