Dyno Therapeutics, Inc., a genetic technologies company applying artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the grand challenge of in vivo gene delivery, today announced new preclinical data on its next-generation muscle capsids at the 31st International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS), taking place September 29 to October 3, 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan.

The late-breaking poster introduces a class of AI-designed multi-mechanism capsids that engage more than one cell-entry receptor. Dyno characterized these capsids in mice and non-human primates (NHPs) at a dose of 5e12 vg/kg. Existing muscle capsids often require doses near 1e14 vg/kg, 20-fold higher than that used by Dyno, to achieve therapeutic expression. Such high doses carry safety risks driven by off-target delivery to the liver.

Two lead capsids were designed using Dyno’s AI-powered platform to optimize multiple properties, including cross-species translatability. Each capsid demonstrated enhanced muscle delivery and improved liver detargeting following systemic administration in mice and NHPs.

  • In mice at 5e12 vg/kg, both capsids demonstrated ~2-fold higher biodistribution and transduction across measured skeletal muscles compared with MyoAAV-4E (Tabebordbar et al., Cell, 2021).
  • In NHPs at 5e12 vg/kg, one capsid demonstrated ~20-fold higher biodistribution and ~40-fold higher transduction across skeletal muscles compared with MyoAAV-4E. The other capsid also showed higher skeletal muscle tropism than MyoAAV-4E, together with ~10-fold lower liver biodistribution.

The high muscle potency of these multi-mechanism capsids and diminished liver exposure at clinically relevant doses enable safer advancement of more gene therapies for muscular diseases. These capsids also accelerate preclinical development because they support disease-model testing in mice and translational efficacy and safety assessment in NHPs, the best existing model to predict biodistribution in humans.

Presentation details are as follows:

Late-Breaking Poster Presentation

Title: AI-guided engineering of multiple-mechanism AAV capsids enables therapeutic muscle delivery and facilitates drug development through cross-species translation in mouse and NHP

Presenter: Megan Cramer, Ph.D.

Session: Poster Session 1

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 14:30-15:30 JST (posters on display from 11:00 JST and remaining up for the duration of the Congress)

Location: Poster Hall

Poster: 101LBP

More details about the WMS Congress program are available on the WMS meeting website.

About Dyno Therapeutics

Dyno Therapeutics is on a mission to build high-performance genetic technologies that transform patients’ lives. Dyno applies AI to create better technologies for gene delivery and sequence design to increase “Genetic Agency” – an individual’s ability to take action at the genetic level to live a healthier life – through safe, effective and widely accessible genetic treatments. With frontier AI models and high-throughput in vivo experimentation, Dyno designs optimized AAV delivery vectors that solve gene delivery challenges across a wide range of therapeutic applications including eye, muscle and CNS. Dyno partners across industries to ensure these life-transforming technologies can help as many patients as possible, including through strategic collaborations with leading gene therapy developers Astellas and Roche, and with technology companies including NVIDIA. Dyno’s AI-designed capsids are available for direct licensing and through the Dyno Frontiers Network. Visit www.dynotx.com for more information.

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