Humacyte (HUMA) Akcie Kurz

Humacyte, Inc. engages in the business of developing and manufacturing off-the-shelf, universally implantable, bioengineered human tissues, advanced tissue constructs, and organ systems with the goal of improving the lives of patients and transforming the practice of medicine. The company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and currently employs 164 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-09-22. The company is engaged in developing a portfolio of human acellular vessels (HAVs) with varying diameters and lengths. The HAV cabinet would initially target the vascular repair, reconstruction and replacement market, including vascular trauma; atrioventricular (AV) access for hemodialysis; peripheral arterial disease (PAD); and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The firm has developed a novel paradigm for manufacturing human tissues that are intended to mimic key aspects of human physiology. The company is also engaged in developing its HAVs for pediatric heart surgery and the delivery of cellular therapies, including pancreatic islet cell transplantation to treat Type 1 diabetes. Its scientific technology platform uses primary human aortic vascular cells from a working cell stock, isolated from donor tissues and cryopreserved.