StemCell Therapy

Intrexon Corporation (XON) ended last trading session with a change of 5.25 percent. It trades at an average volume of 1.33M shares versus 1.7M shares recorded at the end of last trading session. The share price of $22.04 is at a distance of 8.09 percent from its 52-week low and down -45.23 percent versus its peak. The company has a market cap of $2.61B and currently has 118.35M shares outstanding. The share price is currently -5.82 percent versus its SMA20, -16.17 percent versus its SMA50, and -17.92 percent versus its SMA200. The stock has a weekly performance of 2.04 percent and is -9.3 percent year-to-date as of the recent close.

Jan. 26, 2017 Exemplar Genetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation (XON) committed to enabling the study of life-threatening human diseases, has been awarded a subcontract to create genetically engineered miniswine models of sickle cell disease as part of a national resource that could lead to new treatments for the disorder.

The subcontract is with Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., prime contractor for the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Work under the subcontract will support the NIHs National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) in creating genetically engineered miniswine models of sickle cell disease. Exemplar Genetics will develop several versions of genetically engineered miniswine models of sickle cell disease that more accurately replicate the human pathology as compared to traditional research models.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (KERX) recently recorded -0.55 percent change and currently at $5.45 is 75.24 percent away from its 52-week low and down -30.13 percent versus its peak. It has a past 5-day performance of 13.54 percent and trades at an average volume of 1.61M shares. The stock has a 1-month performance of -12.38 percent and is -7 percent year-to-date as of the recent close. There were about 106.55M shares outstanding which made its market cap $580.7M. The share price is currently -1.7 percent versus its SMA20, -5.27 percent versus its SMA50, and -1.49 percent versus its SMA200.

Nov. 18, 2016 Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (KERX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative medicines to people with renal disease, announced case study data, which showed that Auryxia (ferric citrate) lowered and maintained serum phosphorus levels in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis. These data were presented in a poster presentation at the American Society of Nephrologys 2016 Kidney Week taking place in Chicago.

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