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Biotech / Medical : Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MLNM)

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From: Ian@SI5/9/2007 12:22:41 PM
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From HGSI's earnings PR today...

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The Journal of Clinical Oncology published the results of the first human
study of HGS-ETR1 in April 2007, along with a positive editorial. At the
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR 2007) in
April, approximately 1500 cancer scientists and researchers attended a review
of TRAIL receptor antibody research presented by an HGS scientist. A separate
poster presentation reported the results of a preclinical study, which
demonstrated that low concentrations of Velcade (bortezomib) can be used to
sensitize certain non-small cell lung cancer cell lines that are resistant to
killing by TRAIL receptor-activated apoptosis, making it possible for HGS-ETR1
or HGS-ETR2 to activate cell death.


HGS believes that HGS-ETR1 and HGS-ETR2 could offer novel, highly targeted
therapeutic options that may prove useful in the treatment of a number of
cancers.
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