CIC turns up for Gyroscope

Gyroscope Therapeutics, a UK-based retinal gene therapy developer partly based on University of Cambridge research, has received an undisclosed sum from Cambridge Innovation Capital, the university’s affiliate patient capital fund.
Gyroscope develops retinal gene therapies for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that target genetic factors and inflammations associated with the disease.
In dry AMD, small yellowish retinal deposits form beneath the macula and cause macular cells to decay, leading to a sharp deterioration in the patient’s vision over…