Daniel Anderson is associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, and intramural member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Arturo Vegas is a research associate at MIT.
Under the terms of the agreement, Preceres will have access to technology licensed from MIT to develop delivery agents to support the development of innovative biological solutions for farmers.
“The technology from MIT is centred on developing new materials for medicine,” said Anderson. “Working with Monsanto gives Preceres a unique opportunity to showcase methods developed to allow rapid synthesis, formulation, analysis and biological testing of large libraries of biomaterials for use in medical devices, cell therapy and drug delivery and apply them in a global agricultural context.
“Through this work, we hope to demonstrate the broad applicability of our platform and the ability to apply our scientific discoveries to a critically important area of research.”
Source: Monsanto
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