Harvard prof Omid Farokhzad heads west, setting up a new Bay Area biotech on a mission to start a revolution in pre-symptomatic disease detection

As a Harvard professor with close ties to MIT’s Bob Langer, Omid Farokhzad has enjoyed a high-profile role in the Boston/Cambridge biotech community, where he’s participated in launching a lineup of startups. And now Farokhzad — whose accomplishments extend to his role as physician-scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — has put it all in his rear view mirror, journeying out to the Bay Area to launch a new biotech he vows can go on to play a revolutionary role in opening the door to the early detection of diseases.