Involvement in RNAi Biotechnology Industry
Mello is involved in several RNAi-based biotechnological companies. He is a co-founder and the scientific advisory board member of RXi Pharmaceuticals (now Galena Biopharma) biopharmaceutical company. Recently he joined the Technology Advisory Board of Beeologics, a company focused on development of RNAi products for honeybee health and various veterinary and agricultural applications, which, according to Mello, "could very well be the first company to obtain FDA approval for an RNAi therapy". In September 2011 Monsanto acquired Beeologics.
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