Karen Young Kreeger's article entitled "New Molecular Targets Reviving Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics" in the July 7, 1997, issue of The Scientist (page 1) overlooked an important company that is devoted exclusively to research on selective anti-inflammatory agents.
LeukoSite Inc., founded in 1993 and located in Cambridge Mass., is developing and commercializing novel therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Using an approach that focuses on identifying the specific signaling involved in leukocyte recruitment and chemotaxis, the company has identified therapeutic targets in ischemic tissue injury, organ transplant, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and AIDS.
The list of corporate Web sites in the article should also have included LeukoSite's: http://www.leukosite.com/.
