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Date:9/3/2008

ies," said Edward Lanphier, Sangamo's president and CEO. "VEGF has been demonstrated to have a fundamental role in the growth and health of blood vessels, nerves and muscle and we believe that our approach of using a ZFP TF to stimulate the expression of all of the natural forms of a subject's own VEGF-A gene may have potential therapeutic benefit for a variety of neurodegenerative conditions including ALS."

About the Study, SB-509-801

A total of 40 subjects with ALS will be enrolled in this trial and randomized into one of two treatment cohorts. The first cohort of 35 subjects will receive 60 mg of SB-509 in a divided dose into muscles in the arm, leg, and along the spine on both sides of the body. A second cohort of 5 subjects will receive 60 mg of SB-509 in a divided dose into the muscles in the lower limb in both legs. Each subject will receive a total of two treatments of 60 mg of SB-509 intramuscularly three months apart on Day 0 and Day 90. The study will be carried out over 11 months, including 2 months for screening, 3 months for two study treatments, and 6 months of follow-up after administration of the final dose. Individuals interested in participating in this trial should visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ or http://www.alsa.org

About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

More than 30,000 Americans have ALS, according to the ALS Association, a nonprofit organization that supports ALS research and public and patient education about the disease. 3,000 to 5,000 new cases of the disease are diagnosed every year. Men and women of all ethnic and racial groups are equally affected, usually between the ages of 40 and 70. The disease attacks the motor nerves, nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control the body's voluntary muscles. As the motor nerves begin to die, the muscles weaken and shrink. Early symptoms of ALS ma
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