September 15, 2023

 

VIA EDGAR

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Life Sciences

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549-3233

 

Attention: Tim Buchmiller

 

Re:          TransCode Therapeutics, Inc.

Acceleration Request for Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended

File No. 333-274251

 

Dear Mr. Buchmiller:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated to September 19, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time. In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its responsibilities under the Act.

 

Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP by calling Finn Murphy at (212) 459-7257.

 

Please contact Michael Bison and Finnbarr Murphy of Goodwin Procter LLP via telephone at (617) 570-1933 and (212) 459-7257 or via e-mail (MBison@goodwinlaw.com or FMurphy@goodwinlaw.com), respectively, with any questions.

 

	Sincerely,
	TRANSCODE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
	/s/ Robert Michael Dudley
	Robert Michael Dudley Chief Executive Officer

 

cc:	Thomas A. Fitzgerald, TransCode Therapeutics, Inc.
	Michael Bison, Goodwin Procter LLP
	Finn Murphy, Goodwin Procter LLP