Genset and Algene Sign Alzheimer's Study Alliance

Jun 03, 1999

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PARIS--Genset and Algene Biotechnologies of Montreal have formed a strategic alliance for research into Alzheimer's disease. Algene has amassed a collection of clinical samples from Alzheimer's patients in Quebec and, by applying its gene mapping and statistical analysis platforms to these samples, has identified several chromosomal regions suspected to contain genes associated with the disease.

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