About
Removing time as a constraint on biology.
Our mission is to make high-quality biological materials available when and where they are needed, starting with pancreatic islets for people with diabetes.
Why it matters
Expand access to transplantation
Banked, tested islets could reach more patients, at planned times, with better donor matching.
Scale cell-based therapies
Developers of stem cell-derived islets need a way to store production batches in patient doses.
Reproducible research materials
Preserved tissues and organoids could be shared, standardized, and used on demand.
Origins
From the lab to the clinic.
NorthStar Cryo was founded by the Finger and Bischof laboratories at the University of Minnesota, together with lead engineer Michael Etheridge. The two labs have worked together for years on cryobiology and cryopreservation across a range of technologies, from cells to tissues.
We founded NorthStar Cryo to bring our first clinical product, CryoMesh, to patients. The company is a spinout of the University of Minnesota and ATP-Bio, the NSF Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems.
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For partnerships, collaborations, and investor inquiries, reach us through our LinkedIn page.