AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ:AGLE) a biotechnology company committed to developing enzyme-based therapeutics in the field of amino acid metabolism to treat rare genetic diseases and cancer, today announced that it will present a corporate update at the 16^th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference in New York on Tuesday, April 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET.  

To access the live and archived webcast of the presentation, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Aeglea BioTherapeutics website. The webcast and presentation will be archived for viewing for 90 days thereafter.

About Aeglea BioTherapeutics
Aeglea is a biotechnology company committed to developing enzyme-based therapeutics in the field of amino acid metabolism to treat rare genetic diseases and cancer. The company’s engineered human enzymes are designed to modulate the extremes of amino acid metabolism in the blood to reduce toxic levels of amino acids in inborn errors of metabolism or target tumor metabolism for cancer treatment. AEB1102, Aeglea’s lead product candidate, is currently being studied in two ongoing Phase 1 clinical trials in patients with advanced solid tumors and acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (AML/MDS). Additionally, Aeglea is recruiting patients into its ongoing Phase 1/2 trial of AEB1102 for the treatment of patients with Arginase I deficiency. The company is building a pipeline of additional product candidates targeting key amino acids, including AEB4104, which degrades homocystine, a target for an inborn error of metabolism, as well as two potential treatments for cancer, AEB3103, which degrades cysteine, and its oxidized form cystine, and AEB2109, which degrades methionine. For more information, please visit http://aegleabio.com.

Contact:
Media Contact: 
Kelly Boothe, Ph.D. 
Pure Communications 
415.946.1076
media@aegleabio.com

Investor Contact:
Charles N. York II 
Chief Financial Officer 
Aeglea BioTherapeutics 
investors@aegleabio.com