Gene Tools, LLC is a limited liability company located in Philomath

Philomath, Oregon

Philomath is a city in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Philomath College. The population was 3,838 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 that manufactures Morpholino

Morpholino

In molecular biology, a Morpholino is a molecule in a particular structural family that is used to modify gene expression. Morpholino oligomers are an antisense technology used to block access of other molecules to specific sequences within nucleic acid...

 antisense oligos and delivery reagents. Gene Tools was founded in 1997 and began regularly shipping custom-sequence Morpholino oligos in 2000. The manager and general partner, Dr. Jim Summerton, is a pioneer in antisense research, conceived of and was co-inventor of the Morpholino antisense oligo structural type and founded the first antisense therapeutics company, AVI Bio Pharma

AVI Bio Pharma

AVI BioPharma Inc. is a medical research and drug development company with corporate offices and research facility in Bothell, Washington, United States. Incorporated in 1980, the company maintains some laboratory capability in Corvallis, Oregon...

Inc. (formerly AntiVirals Inc.).