Taking the Toxins Out of Cell Therapy Storage: A New Cryopreservation Molecule
Xiaoxi Wei, PhD
Inspired by nature, a new type of cryoprotectant has emerged as a safer alternative to traditional chemicals
Xiaoxi Wei, PhD
Xiaoxi Wei, PhD, is a co-founder and the CEO of X-Therma. An award-winning entrepreneur and chemist, Dr. Wei is the lead author of eight peer-reviewed research papers and has been awarded six patents. She has served as healthcare advisor—University of California Regents Working Group on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship, as vice chair of the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society, and as scientific advisor to the Life Extension Foundation. She graduated with honors from Ningbo University, China, in 2007, where she studied biotechnology. In 2014, she received her PhD in medicinal chemistry from SUNY-Buffalo, US, and has since served as principal investigator for $5.4M in government R&D grants, leading X-Therma’s development.