TAGCyx enters into a collaborative aptamer glycosylation research agreement with GlyTech, Inc.

TAGCyx has signed a collaborative research agreement with GlyTech, Inc. (CEO: Hiroaki Asai, Head office: Kyoto) in relation to glycosylation techniques for aptamer therapeutics.
TAGCyx possesses a leading, proprietary, artificial nucleic acid base pair technology, used to produce high affinity and selective “Xenoligo®” DNA aptamers, while GlyTech possesses a unique platform for the production of an extensive variety of highly purified human N-glycans, and the technology to attach them to a specific site on target molecules such as synthetic peptides.
Modifying Xenoligo® with GlyTech’s glycosylation technology is expected to increase the functionality of aptamers and add high value to them.

Dr Chizuko Koseki, Chief Executive Officer of TAGCyx added “We are pleased to enter into a collaboration with GlyTech, bringing together two leading technologies to potentially enhance therapeutics research”.