Modalis Therapeutics Corporation engages in the research and development of therapeutics to treat patients with serious genetic disorders. It is developing therapies for genetic diseases using its proprietary CRISPR-GNDM technology that enables to control gene expressions through modulating the switch (epigenetics of a specific locus. The company has a. joint research agreement with JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. to evaluate the drug delivery technology of the gene therapy to the central nervous system (CNS) assuming CNS diseases as a target. The company was formerly known as EdiGENE Corporation and changed its name to Modalis Therapeutics Corporation in August 2019. Modalis Therapeutics Corporation was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.