Word: cytogen
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...perhaps the most novel vaccine, drugmakers at Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Cytogen are using viruses to deliver "naked" DNA directly into the body to fight prostate cancer. Containing the genetic instructions for making a common tumor protein called prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), the DNA triggers a wholesale immune attack on all cells containing the antigen. Having succeeded in animal studies, the vaccine will soon move into human trials...
...keep the cash flowing until their products pay off, many biotechnology companies have been looking for fresh capital infusions and alliances with big chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Cytogen (fiscal 1983 revenues: $383,000), a small Princeton, N.J., firm, for example, has developed a kit for diagnosing gonorrhea. But it sold the technology to Health Care Manufacturer Becton Dickinson of Paramus, N.J., which will actually make the product...
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