Starting with recurrent glioblastoma

Programmable
durabilityfor solid-tumor cell therapy.

We engineer healthy-donor CAR-T cells to resist the signals tumors use to shut them down.

KGEN-001 · Preclinical development

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A blue engineered T cell wearing KiraGen-branded noise-cancelling headphones.

Lead program · Preclinical development

KGEN-001

Recurrent glioblastoma

A healthy-donor CAR-T with dual targeting and six coordinated base edits.

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Backed by investors. Supported by disease foundations.

Investor backing

Disease foundation support

CAR-T therapies use engineered immune cells to recognize and attack cancer.

The durability gap

In recurrent glioblastoma, CAR-T can shrink tumors. Control often does not last.

Published GBM CAR-T example Not KGEN-001

Before treatment
3 days after CAR-T

Patient 26 · Disease progressed by month 1

8 of 13 Patients with measurable tumors showed shrinkage on imagingRadiographic regression 1.9 months Median progression-free survivaln=18 · Time until disease progression or death
Bagley et al., Nature Medicine (NCT05168423).
Conceptual illustration of a blue engineered T cell wearing KiraGen headphones in the same GBM tumor environment, representing resistance to multiple suppressive signals.

KiraGen’s approach

Noise cancellation for cell therapy.

We build CAR-T cells to ignore multiple signals, not overpower them.

Combinations of coordinated gene edits. Designed to resist multiple tumor shutdown signals.

Patient evidence guides what we protect against. Multiplex editing lets us test those protections together.

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KiraLOGIC · Design + learn

How we choose
what to build next.

KiraLOGIC connects machine-learning predictions with experiments to prioritize combinations of protective gene edits.

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Why this team

From multiplex design to patient dosing,
we have done it before.

Members of our team have helped advance multiplex base-edited CAR-T cells from research into clinical development.

Aaron Edwards
Aaron EdwardsCo-Founder & CEO
Ryan Murray
Ryan MurrayCo-Founder & CSO
MarkVic Naniong
MarkVic NaniongHead of CMC & Platform
Tessa Green
Tessa GreenHead of Immunoinformatics
A lineup of blue engineered T cells with different headphone colors, representing a shared engineering foundation adapted to different tumor settings.

The vision

Programmable
durability.

Starting with glioblastoma.
Testing which protections carry into other solid tumors.

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Ready when patients need them.
Built to endure when tumors fight back.