Homology Medicines, Inc., a genetic medicines company, focuses on transforming the lives of patients suffering from rare genetic diseases.

Its proprietary platform is designed to utilize its human hematopoietic stem cell derived adeno-associated virus vectors (AAVHSCs) to deliver genetic medicines in vivo either through a nuclease-free gene editing mobility, gene therapy or for various genetic disorders.

The company's various set of AAVHSCs allows company to precisely target, through a single injection, a range of disease-relevant tissues, including the liver, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, blood-brain-barrier, bone marrow, cardiac and skeletal muscle, and eye.

Its lead product candidate is HMI-102, which is in Phase 2 pheNIX clinical trial, a gene therapy for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) in adults.

The company also develops HMI-103 for the treatment of PKU in pediatric patients; HMI-202 to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy; and HMI-203 for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis type II, as well as HMI-104 for the treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Homology Medicines, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.