TL;DR: Equator Therapeutics is a Y Combinator Winter 2020 startup We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…, currently active with a team of 2.
We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…
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We are developing a drug to increase metabolism and burn calories without exercise. Obesity and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportions. There are 2.2B overweight people and 500M people with type 2 diabetes worldwide, and these numbers increase drastically every year. Existing drugs are not effective enough to reverse the trend. Our drug can solve this problem, because it addresses the root cause of metabolic disorders – the imbalance between caloric intake and expenditure. Our drug will target mitochondria – the powerhouse of the cell – to generate heat. This approach has been proven to fully reverse obesity and type 2 diabetes in animals. However, therapeutic application for humans was impossible, because mitochondrial heat production could only be induced by highly artificial…
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Yes. Equator Therapeutics was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch. We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…
We are developing a drug to increase metabolism and burn calories without exercise. Obesity and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportions. There are 2.2B overweight people and 500M people with type 2 diabetes worldwide, and these numbers increase drastically every year. Existing drugs are not effective enough…
Equator Therapeutics was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch.
Equator Therapeutics has a team of 2 people according to Y Combinator's directory.
Equator Therapeutics is currently listed as Active with a team of 2 in Y Combinator's directory.
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