In the late 1980s Genentech scientist Napoleone Ferrara had isolated the gene for producing VEGF(genes are instructions for manufacturing proteins).

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Lucentis is actually a fragment of Avastin, developed by the same Genentech chemist who created the cancer blockbuster, Napoleone Ferrara .

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Or should it be Napoleone Ferrara , the Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) scientist who discovered the protein Avastin blocks?

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