Laura Brod (née Morris; born December 11, 1971) is an American entrepreneur and former politician having been an elected at-large member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 25A, which includes portions of Le Sueur, Scott and Sibley counties in the south central part of the state.
[6] Due to her personal experience with cancer, Brod entered the world of Biotech as the CEO of Genesegues Therapeutics.
During the development of the platform crystalline ultra-small nanoparticle (CUSP) for Genesegues, the technology was licensed into a spin-off company called RoverMed BioSciences.
CCF is a novel nonprofit biotech with the mission of accelerating the most effective gene therapy treatments for children with ultra rare genetic diseases.
CCF was one of the first nonprofit biotechs in the gene therapy space with the desire to ensure no children are left behind when science can put a cure in reach.
CCF is focused on ensuring equitable access to affordable genetic medicine to children throughout the world.