11.   The Cambridge firm helped identify the genes that cause obesity and developed a proposed drug compound Hoffmann-La Roche plans to test.

12.   The company uses technology to reformulate existing drug compounds so a drug can be administered at higher doses without debilitating side effects.

13.   The first commercial products are on the market, designed to sort snippets of DNA or screen thousands of potential drug compounds quickly and automatically.

14.   There is no known cure for the illness, although researchers in Venezuela have had promising results in mice with an experimental drug compound, bistriazol.

15.   There is no known cure, although researchers in Venezuela have had promising results in mice with an experimental drug compound, bistriazol.

16.   This makes industrial production of drug compounds from these organisms difficult and more expensive.