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Biotech / Medical : XOMA. Bull or Bear? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ballydog1 who wrote (13658)	5/24/2000 4:54:00 PM
From: Cacaito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17367

First the protocol: Message 4967600 , courtesy of Tharos research. Love that DNA, down due to Roche dumping plus the stupid response to antiVEGF side effects, not affecting main pIII products and not affecting current products. Too bad, I do not have more xoma to sell.

To: ballydog1 who wrote (13658)	5/24/2000 9:27:00 PM
From: Bluegreen	Respond to of 17367

Bally, note the last part of this article and remember what was done in the Baboon study. Many other things should come to mind also. Do I see a hint of resentment of the Federal Reserve Board???<g> Oh, those Bureaucrats!!! On the other side of argument think of all the people who now have a chance to buy stocks at lower levels. Hmmmmmmm Imagine the concept of investing in companies over long periods of time buying at intervals through the bad and good times???? Now what was the name of that little old lady that died very wealthy and only invested in a few Pharm companies???? Would you say she blindly invested in these companies over time????? Think it will ever catch on???LOL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Study Warns Vs. E. Coli Treatment By DANIEL Q. HANEY .c The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Children suspected of being infected with a particularly nasty form of the E. coli food poisoning bug should not be treated with antibiotics because they may trigger dangerous complications, a study warns. A variety of the usually harmless E. coli bacteria called O157:H7 causes an estimated 73,000 cases of food poisoning in the United States annually. The infection often spreads through eating undercooked contaminated meat and typically causes bloody diarrhea. A rare complication in children, usually under age 5, is hemolytic uremic syndrome, which results in destruction of red blood cells and kidney failure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 2 percent to 7 percent of E. coli O157:H7 infections lead to the complication, and between 3 percent and 5 percent of those victims die. A study by doctors from Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle found the link with antibiotic use, which had already been suspected. Their study is scheduled to be published June 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine, which released it Wednesday. The Seattle doctors reviewed the cases of 71 children under age 10 who had diarrhea caused by the bacterial infection between 1997 and 1999. They found that hemolytic uremic syndrome developed in five of the nine children given antibiotics, compared with five of the 62 who did not receive the medicines. E. coli O157:H7 infections usually clear up without treatment, and use of antibiotics is not recommended for any patients. While the latest study does not prove that antibiotics are to blame for the syndrome, the team led by Dr. Craig S. Wong wrote that the evidence of an association ``is strong and plausible.'' They theorized that antibiotics cause the release of toxins from injured bacteria into the intestine. On the Net: New England Journal: nejm.org AP-NY-05-24-00 1958EDT