| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 12, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Who's Fighting What Gene therapy can be used to treat a wide variety of diseases including heart disease and cancer. These are some of the companies trying to cash in on the new gene medicines: COMPANY RESEARCH PROGRAMS CHIRON (CHIR) Graft vs. host disease (GVHD), hemophilia CELL GENESYS (CEGE) AIDS, cancer INTROGEN THERAPEUTICS Cancer GENETIC THERAPY (GTII) Cancer, heart disease, HIV, hemophilia TARGETED GENETICS Cancer, cystic fibrosis, (TGEN) cytomegalovirus (CMV) VALENTIS (VLTS) Cancer, cystic fibrosis VASCULAR GENETICS Heart disease VICAL (VICL) Cancer, hepatitis B, HIV _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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 RELATED ITEMS Gene Therapy: One Family's Story COVER IMAGE: Gene Therapy GRAPHIC: Fixing a Gene TABLE: The Gene Therapist's Toolbox TABLE: Genetic Haves and Have-Nots? Growing Arteries On the Cutting Edge Gene-Therapy Companies Catch Their Breath TABLE: Who's Fighting What ONLINE ORIGINAL: This Fund Makes Biotech Bets a Bit Less Risky INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
