Curetopia
Rare DiseasesAuction DAO

Curing the 10,000 rare genetic diseases. We're uniting patient groups and populations to tackle the $1T rare disease market. We're going directly to patients, turning them into research scientists, and making them the center of focus.

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Auction Start Date

02/22/2025

9:14 PM


Auction End Date

02/22/2025

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Market Hypothesis

$1 Trillion

Dollar Rare Disease Market

1 in 10

people on Earth suffers from a rare disease

95%

of the 10,000 rare diseases have no treatment option today

The average likelihood of Clinical trial success from Phase 1 to approval is twice as high for rare diseases (17%) versus all diseases (8%).


Additional documentation

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There are 10,000 rare diseases with an average market size of $1500M. Traditional pharma corporations are such large and complex institutions that they need a $1B+ TAMs to even begin exploring a disease. The same is true for a traditional VC backed b...

Research Focus Areas
Identification of a candidate yeast avatar

Identification of a candidate yeast avatar

First we confirm that yeast have an ancestral version of a human disease gene. Because yeast have been poked and prodded in the lab for decades, many of the rare disease genes we seek to model in yeast have already been studied.


Screening yeast avatar against drug repurposing library

Screening yeast avatar against drug repurposing library

We have had great success with a 8,400-compound drug repurposing library called TargetMol, which offers a wide selection of clinically actionable compounds including generic drugs and over-the-counter supplements/nutraceuticals.


Creation of yeast-patient avatar with gene engineering

Creation of yeast-patient avatar with gene engineering

In almost all cases we can leverage already existing yeast avatars that were generated and characterized by academic labs, sometimes as long as two decades ago. When necessary, we can dial in a specific mutation at practically any location in the yeast genome using gene engineering techniques that predate CRISPR-Cas9.


Tokenomics

100,000,000

Total Supply
    Core Team
    20%
    Service Providers
    7%
    Future Token Sales
    10%
    Community Auction
    15%
    Community Incentives
    7%
    Airdrop
    1%
    Treasury Reserves
    40%
Team & Community
Ethan Perlstein

Ethan Perlstein

Ph.D., Founder & Chief Scientist

Over the course of the last decade, first as a graduate student at Harvard University in the Department...

Kristin Kantautas

Kristin Kantautas

Ph.D., Science Officer

Kristin Kantautas is a Cure Guide and Director of the Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Program at Perlara. With...

Mathuravani Thevandavakkam

Mathuravani Thevandavakkam

Ph.D., Science Officer

Director of the Yeast Drug Repurposing Program, pioneering therapeutic innovations for rare diseases. With expertise in synthetic biology,...

Shiri Zakin

Shiri Zakin

Ph.D., Science Officer

As Mitochondrial Disease Program Director at Perlara, Shiri leads patient-centric drug repurposing initiatives for mitochondrial disorders. With 20+...

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Project Roadmap
Q1 2025
Complete test-flight AARS2 drug repurposing screen using TargetMol library
Q1 2025
$CURES auction via BIO Protocol Launchpad
Q1 2025
Curetopia community votes on yeast-powered IMD drug repurposing proposal
Q2 2025
Initiate AARS2 N-of-2 studies with two pioneer families and run for 12-24 weeks
Q2 2025
Prepare 60 IMDs for the 8,400-compound TargetMol library screen-using the existing high-throughput drug screening infrastructure
Q3 2025
Complete TargetMol library screens for 60 IMDS
Q3 2025
Socialize results with patient communities and clinicians
Q3 2025
Share updates from AARS2 N-of-2 studies
Q4 2025
Multiple decentralized, parent-led 1-to-N clinical studies begin and run for 12-24 weeks
Q4 2025
Community votes and approves 2026 Roadmap
Q4 2025
Establish safety, validate biomarkers and outcome measures
Value Capture Model

Curetopia captures value by leveraging the power of a decentralized and mission-driven community to tackle the $1 trillion rare disease market, which has long been overlooked by traditional pharmaceutical companies and VC-backed biotech startups. Usi...

Value Capture Model Diagram
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