Press Releases
Piezo Therapeutics Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board with Industry Veterans and Academic Luminaries (April 21st, 2025)
World-renowned experts across infectious diseases, vaccines, and dermatology to advise Piezo on advancing its energy-based delivery platform and internal programs to the clinic
Piezo Therapeutics Unveils Positive Preclinical Data Demonstrating LNP-Free mRNA Vaccine Delivery (February 11th, 2025)
Publication describes a new delivery platform (Piezopen) that augments gene expression and immunogenicity to a "naked" mRNA vaccine comparable to benchmark LNP formulations
Piezopen delivers diverse cargos (mRNA, saRNA, circRNA, and DNA) and across species (mice, rats, human skin)
Potential to improve dosing, reactogenicity, durability, cost, and manufacturing hurdles of mRNA vaccines by eliminating LNPs
Piezo Therapeutics Launches to Transform Delivery of Nucleic Acid Medicines (January 19th, 2023)
Piezo is developing a simple, affordable, and scalable platform designed for rapid, safe, and efficient delivery of nucleic acid medicines, including RNA/DNA vaccines, therapeutic proteins, and dermal gene therapies
Invented by Georgia Tech researchers, Piezo launches with $2 million in seed funding from Open Philanthropy
News Articles
Georgia Tech spinout bags cash for nucleic acid delivery R&D (January 24th, 2023)
How a BBQ lighter can make DNA vaccines more powerful (November 21st, 2021)
This Cheap Device Could Expand the World’s Access to Vaccines (November 16th, 2021)
BBQ Lighters Spark New Vaccine Delivery Device (October 22nd, 2021)
BBQ Lighter, Combined With Microneedles, Sparks Breakthrough in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery (October 20th, 2021)