1.   Analysts say many gene therapy companies lack sufficient financing to complete their first products and will not be able to raise money in the public markets.

2.   Executives at several gene therapy companies said that while they are keeping a wary eye on Washington, the controversy has not affected their companies.

3.   Executives of oxygen therapy companies met behind closed doors with Finance Committee staffers this morning in a last minute effort to argue for less severe cuts.

4.   For openers, most gene therapy companies use various viruses as carrier mechanisms when injecting DNA into cells.

5.   Geron, a Menlo Park cell therapy company, is not currently hiring any entry-level people.

6.   He noted that Genetic Therapy has the broadest base of academic collaborators of any gene therapy company, an asset difficult to quantify but of value to Sandoz.

7.   Sandozhas bought controlling interests in Gene Therapy Inc. and Systemix Inc., two important gene therapy companies.

8.   The Megabios Corp. and Genemedicine Inc., two gene therapy companies, recently agreed to merge.

9.   Workplace massage is catching on, said Luz Maya-Moore, owner of Rejuvenate, a massage therapy company in Houston.

10.   The gene therapy company reported positive results for its vaccine research to treat the Hepatitis B virus.