Boom­ing CRISPR pi­o­neer In­tel­lia looks to dou­ble staff with new digs

Mak­ing way for some am­bi­tious growth plans that in­clude dou­bling its cur­rent work force to some 200 staffers, CRISPR/Cas9 play­er In­tel­lia Ther­a­peu­tics threw a par­ty to cut the rib­bon on its new re­search digs.

In­tel­lia grabbed new lab space at 40 Erie Street in Cam­bridge, MA, boost­ing its space from 15,000 to 80,000 square feet. And its keep­ing its fa­cil­i­ty at 130 Brook­line Street.

In­tel­lia scored a $108 mil­lion IPO back in May, as in­vestors bought in $NT­LA to the siz­zling hot field of gene edit­ing. But its $18 price at the time has damped down, and the stock is cur­rent­ly trad­ing at $15.53.

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