<span property="itemListElement" typeof="ListItem"><a property="item" typeof="WebPage" title="Go to OTC Annual Report Sites." href="https://numbers.otc.duke.edu" class="main-home"><span property="name">OTC Annual Report Sites</span></a><meta property="position" content="1"></span><span property="itemListElement" typeof="ListItem"><a property="item" typeof="WebPage" title="Go to 2018 OTC Annual Report." href="https://numbers.otc.duke.edu/2018-report" class="home"><span property="name">Home</span></a><meta property="position" content="2"></span>{"id":160,"date":"2018-08-28T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numbers.otc.duke.edu\/?p=160"},"modified":"2018-11-02T18:56:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:56:20","slug":"cereius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numbers.otc.duke.edu\/2018-report\/2018\/08\/28\/cereius\/","title":{"rendered":"Cereius"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;breadcrumbs&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section el_class=&#8221;start-ups&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;management-section&#8221;]<span class=\"mngmt\">MANAGEMENT:<\/span>\u00a0Ed Field<br \/>\n<span class=\"mngmt\">DUKE INVENTOR:<\/span> Mike Zalutsky (Radiology) and Ganesan Vaidyanathan (Radiology)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cereius.io\/\">cereius.io<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead-in\">Cereius, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel approaches to treat solid tumor brain metastases.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;303&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535394535521{padding-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cereius was founded by Dr. Michael Zalutsky and Dr. Kimberly Blackwell. 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