Word: immunogens
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...final analysis, it boils down to educated instinct-call it judgment. What we make is a judgment on the people and the product." For instance, Boston's TA Associates and New York's Inco Securities have raised $3.5 million to start a new company called Immunogen Inc. The firm plans to develop the use of monoclonal antibodies, which are invisible bits of protein that could be used to carry toxins that will specifically attack cancerous and other diseased cells, while leaving healthy ones alone. Although the technique remains unproved, the company looked like a good bet largely because...