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Research Collaboration for Cancer Gene Therapy Announced

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, August 30th, 1999

Cell Genesys, Inc., Foster City, California, and EntreMed, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, announced a research collaboration to evaluate gene therapy for the treatment of cancer.

Under the agreement, EntreMed's angiostatin and endostatin genes will be combined with Cell Genesys' proprietary adenoviral and adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene delivery systems in preclinical studies designed to assess whether the gene therapy can treat tumors by inhibiting their blood supply. The two companies will consider a potential business relationship based on the results of the studies performed under this collaboration.

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