31.   Ardai said his company hopes to sell the aggregated power of its borrowed computers to biotechnology companies.

32.   Artificial skins being developed by a number of biotechnology companies are the most promising for large ulcers, both McCamant and Arrow said.

33.   Anthrogenesis Corp., a New Jersey biotechnology company, says it has isolated stem cells from human placentas.

34.   ArQule Inc., one of the largest suppliers of combinatorial chemistry services to large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, is seeking to become a drug discovery company.

35.   As a matter of survival, most biotechnology companies have focused their research on areas with huge potential markets such as cancer, heart disease or arthritis.

36.   As debate heats up once again over cloning and stem cell research, several small biotechnology companies are trying to develop a far less controversial approach to cell regeneration.

37.   At Invesco, Schroer has large positions in two established biotechnology companies, Amgen and Genzyme.

38.   Avax Technologies Inc., a Kansas City biotechnology company, said Thursday that it had completed its acquisition of Genopoietic SA, a privately held French biotechnology firm.

39.   Axys, based in South San Francisco, Calif., is a biotechnology company working on discovering new drugs, mostly in partnership with big pharmaceutical companies.

40.   Avigen, a biotechnology company in Alameda, Calif., has reported good results using gene therapy to treat a form of hemophilia.