Subject: Cellular Products Is Cleared to Evaluate Test for Blood Donors
Date: Published: 7/10/85 30 lines
Source:  Wall Street Journal.  Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

   Cellular Products
   Is Cleared to Evaluate
   Test for Blood Donors

   BUFFALO, N. Y. -- Cellular Products Inc. said it received
approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin
clinical evaluation of the company's blood test for previous
exposure to a virus suspected in acquired immune deficiency
syndrome.
   The company said the test allows blood-collection
facilities to check donors for prior exposure to HTLV-III, a
suspected cause of AIDS. 
   The company said it will run the study in four centers
around the country.  It will include results of about 7,000
blood specimens.
   Cellular Products, which develops, markets and produces
protein substances for the biomedical industry, said it is
working on second-generation and third-generation HTLV-III
tests that would detect not only prior exposure to, but
active infectious virus.

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