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Progenitor Reports Discovery of Novel Angiogenesis Gene

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, March 2nd, 1998

Progenitor, Inc., Menlo Park, California, announced the discovery of a novel human gene involved in angiogenesis (the process of blood vessel formation).

The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Genes and Development (Volume 12(2):21-33, 1998).

Progenitor has targeted this gene and the protein it encodes in a program to develop new therapeutics for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

The research paper described the discovery of the novel angiogenesis gene, called del-1, and studies to determine its function. Investigations using both cell-based assays and animal models revealed that del-1 is active almost...

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