Applied Genetics News

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Articles in April 1999 issue of Applied Genetics News

• tPA Gene Therapy Clears Clots. to blocked leg arteries - Stanford researchers' novel method for delivering tissue plasminogen activator tPA - Technology Information
• Zenapax Effective Against Acute GvH - Protein Design Labs's Zenapax - Product Information
• Amgen to Sell GnRH Antagonist
• BioStratum Gets $16 Million
• GENOMICS: Diet-Induced Obesity Gene Cloned - Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Stanford University research first gene that suppresses diet-induced obesity - Company Business and Marketing
• EPIcyte Awarded Plantibodies Grants - Company Business and Marketing
• Vaccination Equivalent to Surgical Castration
• CALENDAR
• Type 2 Diabetes Mutation Identified - John P. Robarts Research Institute - Technology Information
• Anti-CD40 Ligand Combats Lupus - Idec Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s IDEC-131 - Product Information
• ENZYMES: Hercules, Kairos Make Pact
• MTHFR Gene Linked to Atherosclerosis. gene for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes - Variagenics, Inc has acquired exclusive rights to the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase MTHFR - Company Business and Marketing
• VACCINES: Corixa Patents Her-2/Neu Therapy - Corixa Corp's microsphere-encapsulated Her- 2/neu peptide vaccines - Technology Information
• Transgenic Plants Develop Enzymes
• Coagulation Factor Wins U.S. Approval - Novo Nordisk wins FDA approval to market NovoSeven coagulation factor - Company Business and Marketing
• Jet Injection of DNA Vaccines - Powderject Pharmaceuticals' PowderJectjet injection system - Product Information
• More New Clot Busters
• GENE THERAPY: Vector Transfers Genes to Bone Marrow - Cell Genesys, Inc's lentivirus vectors - Company Business and Marketing
• BIOMANUFACTURING Pharming to Build Milk Drug Plant - Pharming Group NV wins a EUR$2.7 million grant from the government of Flanders to expand Pharming's facilities in Geel, Belgium - Company Business and Marketing
• Fast-Track for Pneumococcal Vaccine
• AGBIOTECH: Pioneer Receives Gene Gun Patent
• Guided Catheter Gene Delivery - Biosense using a Biosense guided catheter to deliver a RPR's FGF1 gene therapy product - Technology Information
• FibroGen and Zeneca Scale-Up Collagen - Company Business and Marketing
• Vaccine Prevents Animal Infertility
• DuPont Picks Up Pioneer
• GeneMedicine Wins SBIR Grants - Company Business and Marketing
• ANTIBODIES: Patent Awarded for "Abtides" - Cytogen Corp's proprietary human antigen - Product Information
• Melanoma Vaccine Trials Begin
• Celera Genomics Makes Advances
• Cystic Fibrosis Trial Looks Promising - Targeted Genetics Corp's testing of tgAAV-CF, the company's gene therapy product - Company Business and Marketing
• EGF Receptor MAb in Phase III Trials - ImClone Systems, Inc's C225 monoclonal antibody - Product Information
• Leishmania Protein Functions as Adjuvant
• INDUSTRY NEWS: Genzyme and Millennium Collaborate
• Gene Transfer Makes Hearts Beat Stronger - Technology Information
• ABX-EGF Eradicates Tumors - Abgenix, Inc's human monoclonal antibody - Company Business and Marketing
• HORMONES: Repligen Acquires Autism Treatment
• ImmuLogic Votes to Liquidate