The Studio at Kendall Square

← The Studio at Kendall Square22 Apr 2025 · 41 min

Biotech veteran Art Krieg explains the science behind his newest immunotherapy company, Zola Therapeutics, which uses both RNA and DNA agonists delivered in an LNP to create broad T-cell responses

Biotech veteran Art Krieg explains the science behind his newest immunotherapy company, Zola Therapeutics, which uses both RNA and DNA agonists delivered in an LNP to create broad T-cell responses22 Apr 202541 min

<p>Interviewed by fellow veteran Jim Barsoum, Dr. Krieg shares multi-decade learnings from his previous companies Coley Pharmaceutical Group and Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, and describes how Zola builds off of that. He explains the importance of combining agonists to TLR9 to TLR7 and TLR8, and also describes the virtual set-up that the company has today.</p>