Silence Therapeutics PLC CEO Ali Mortazavi appointed Chairman of Ultromics
14 July 2017 - 4:00PM
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Silence Therapeutics PLC
14 July 2017
Silence CEO, Ali Mortazavi, appointed Chairman of Ultromics
14 July 2017
Silence Therapeutics plc, AIM:SLN ("Silence" or "the Company") a
leader in the discovery, delivery, and development of novel RNA
therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases with unmet
medical need, announces that its CEO Ali Mortazavi has been
appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Ultromics with immediate
effect. Ultromics is backed by Oxford Sciences Innovation
(OSI).
Ali Mortazavi, Chief Executive Officer of Silence Therapeutics,
commented:
"I am truly excited to be joining the Board of Ultromics.
Artificial Intelligence will increasingly begin to play a bigger
role in medicine as well as other sectors. Ultromics plans to use
the combination of Man plus machine rather than Man vs machine in
medical imaging."
Enquiries:
Silence Therapeutics plc Tel: +44 (0)20 3457
Ali Mortazavi, Chief Executive Officer 6900
David Ellam, Chief Financial Officer
Media Enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727
FTI Consulting 1000
Simon Conway/Brett Pollard/Stephanie Cuthbert
Notes to Editors
About Ultromics
Ultromics is a platform technology that extracts thousands of
data points from a single image, then uses machine learning, a form
of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to determine which data points are
specific to a certain disease. Currently the technology has been
applied to echocardiograms to improve the diagnostic accuracy of
coronary artery disease from 80% to greater than 95%. Ultromics is
powered by one of the world's largest commercially consented image
databases and the underlying technology was born out of the
University of Oxford. Ultromics was formed in May 2017 after
receiving funding from Oxford Sciences Innovation. Visit
www.ultromics.com for more information.
About Silence Therapeutics plc
Silence Therapeutics develops a new generation of medicines by
harnessing the body's natural mechanism of RNA interference, or
RNAi, within its cells. Our proprietary technology can selectively
inhibit any gene in the genome, specifically silencing the
production of disease-causing proteins. Using our enabling delivery
systems, we have achieved an additional level of specificity by
delivering our therapeutic RNA molecules exclusively to target
cells. Silence's proprietary RNA chemistries and delivery systems
are designed to improve the stability of our molecules and enhance
effective delivery to target cells, providing a powerful modular
technology well suited to tackle life-threatening diseases.
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