In West African mythologies, Obatala is believed to be the god tasked with sculpting the human body. According to the Yoruba people, an ethnic group found predominantly in Nigeria, Obatala created human bodies from clay and mud. Obatala Sciences, Inc. was named as such to demonstrate its founders’ commitment to creating more accurate models of human tissue, starting with their building blocks: the cells. Obatala Sciences strives to build models not just focused on a ‘one size fits all’ approach at the cellular level but wants its models to be inclusive of all human beings. Therefore, the Obatala brand is committed to promoting representation of all ethnicities across all its operations: starting with the development of its products all the way to its staff’s diversity. Obatala Sciences’ products are developed from a pool of human donors representing multiple ethnicities, age groups, and genders. In this way, Obatala Sciences is dedicated to offering premium quality products that will aid progression of the most advanced research and prevention of disease in all ethnicities.
Company Overview
Obatala Sciences, a New Orleans biotechnology company, was founded in 2017 to enable diversity in clinical research and speed up the development of better therapies for diseases like obesity, diabetes, cancer, and to advance research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicines. The company has an established, robust pipeline of human-derived hydrogels for growing cells in 3D, adult human stem cells from a biobank of diverse populations, media for growing and differentiating cells, complete tissue chip kits, such as the on-market fat-on-chip and in-development pancreas-on-a-chip products. These kits provide an essential platform for drug discovery and development. When combined, these products provide research scientists in pharmaceutical companies, biotech, academia, and government laboratories with more accurate models that mimic the human condition and are allow for better understanding the pathology they are investigating. As a result, Obatala Sciences’ solutions drive improved drug success rates, while significantly decreasing the cost and time to bring therapeutics to market.
Our products are developed from a pool of human donors representing multiple ethnicities, age groups, and genders. In this way, Obatala Sciences is dedicated to advancing research in prevention of disease in all ethnicities.