1.   Amgen also said it would pay for any human trials to test the drugs, a potentially costly expense.

2.   Allegro Biologics was formed last May as a contract manufacturing facility for the biotechnology industry to develop protein-based drugs for human clinical trials.

3.   Also, researchers reported this month on the first human trial of a noninvasive technique that uses ultrasound to monitor glucose levels.

4.   Although the work has shown promising results in mice and monkeys, human trials are still a long way off.

5.   Amgen Inc. began human trials Thursday for a new blood-clotting drug designed to treat cancer patients with a condition that leaves them vulnerable to severe hemorrhaging.

6.   Amgen Inc. said it began clinical human trials of an obesity-fighting therapy that reduced body fat in mice.

7.   Although the research is in early stages, the company said these findings are a critical step toward getting the product into human clinical trials.

8.   Amgen Inc. has started human clinical trials on its genetically altered protein designed to fight obesity, company officials said.

9.   And more than half of that money will be spent before the drug even reaches human clinical trials.

10.   And though each nutrient has shown great promise in small studies, no one has yet completed a rigorous human trial of the two in combination.