Karuna, the line of plant-based drinks that are developed and manufactured in the Midtown area of St. Louis, are the product of the company founder’s two conflicting passions.
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Passion No. 1 is science. Angela Zeng, the company’s co-founder and CEO, has a doctoral degree in pathology from the St. Louis University School of Medicine and did post-doctorate research work on molecular and cell biology, focusing on oncology, at Northwestern University.