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Organic tissue structure

Where Vascular
Biology Meets
Engineering.

Elastrin’s work is grounded in decades of research across elastin biology, vascular inflammation, nanotechnology, and translational medicine.

Elastrin addresses the structural breakdown that defines aging, cardiovascular failure, and loss of biological resilience.

Bridging The Therapeutic GAP

Attacking the Problem at the Root.

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Cardiovascular disease and age-related decline share a common root cause - progressive loss of elasticity driven by elastin damage and calcification throughout the vascular system. Most current care manages symptoms or downstream events after damage occurs. It never intervenes to reverse calcification or restore elastin's integrity.

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Reaching Calcification Where Other Therapies Cannot.

Most therapies delivered into the bloodstream are rapidly washed out before reaching the vessel wall, too aggressive an environment for effective localized action. Elastrin's approach is different: by accessing the vessel wall through the surrounding microvessels (the vasa vasorum). The therapy reaches the site of calcification directly, avoiding systemic washout and concentrating its effect where it is needed most.

This outside-in delivery is the critical difference. It improves efficacy and reduces risk across a range of conditions where calcification is the central driver.

The mechanism

Precision Targeting from Outside In

Blood vessels on tissue surface
Vascular structure of knee and surrounding limb with calcified vessels
Organic tiled structure ejecting particles

Why elastin is important.

Arterial calcification is a major risk factor that leads to and complicates many cardiovascular conditions. It results from the deposition of calcium phosphate crystals in artery walls, often triggered by damage to elastin.

Elastin is a vital protein that provides elasticity to arteries. As elastin degrades, calcification and chronic inflammation accelerate, causing arteries to stiffen and lose their flexibility.

Targeting calcification at the site of damaged elastin is key to restoring vascular function.

How we Target it

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Vascular calcification accelerates kidney decline and cardiovascular risk.

Carotid Artery Calcification

Calcification of the carotid arteries contributes to plaque instability and increases the risk of stroke.

Renal Artery Calcification (RAC)

Calcification of the arteries supplying the kidneys, contributing to hypertension and kidney dysfunction.

Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy (GACI)

Rare and life-threatening calcification in newborns.

Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Calcification restricts blood flow to the limbs, leading to pain, ulcers, and amputation.

Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC)

Stiffening of coronary vessels increases risk of heart attack.

Monckeberg Medial Sclerosis (MMS)

Calcification of arterial media, common in diabetic patients.

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)

Rare genetic disorder causing progressive elastin calcification.

Valvular Heart Disease (VHD)

Calcification of heart valves restricts function and may require surgical replacement.

Conditions Addressed

Selected Publications

By Elastrin Scientists

July 02, 2020

Fatema-Tuj Zohora, Nasim Nosoudi, Saketh Ram Karamched, Naren Vyavahare

The Role of Elastin Degradation in Vascular Calcification: Possibilities to Repair Elastin and Reverse Calcification

February 22, 2019

Saketh R. Karamched, Nasim Nosoudi, Hannah E. Moreland, Aniqa Chowdhury & Naren R. Vyavahare

Site-specific chelation therapy with EDTA-loaded albumin nanoparticles reverses arterial calcification in a rat model of chronic kidney disease

August 18, 2016

Nasim Nosoudi, Aniqa Chowdhury, Steven Siclari, Saketh Karamched, Vaideesh Parasaram, Joe Parrish, Patrick Gerard, Narendra Vyavahare

Reversal of Vascular Calcification and Aneurysms in a Rat Model Using Dual Targeted Therapy with EDTA- and PGG-Loaded Nanoparticles

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