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Somatix deal

September 20, 1993 7:00 AM UTC

SOMA acquired an exclusive license to a family of tumor markers from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. The institute will receive payments to support its research into the proteins, called MAGE-1 antigens. MAGE proteins are some of the few markers expressed by a wide variety of cancer cells that can be targeted by the human immune system, the company said. ...