Other companies, including Pfizer and Schering-Plough, started developing drugs to target the gene, called CCR5.
They are designed to target developing nations, and have had some success, but Mr. Cunningham says the company needs to demonstrate how it is going to leverage them.
Developing newer medications which target these genes may potentially hold promise as well.
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"There's no reason to believe this will take longer or any less time than developing any other drug target, " says Adrian Hobden , president of Myriad's drug-making subsidiary, Myriad Pharmaceuticals.
As a member of MCX (Merchant Customer Exchange), Target is involved in developing better mobile payment solutions, which should help its mobile channel.
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As expected, the G8's guests from the developing world did not commit themselves to any target on carbon.
The difference the sale of Edinburgh could make to Scottish airports depends who buys it, how much they have to invest in developing it, whether the new owners will target Glasgow's market, and whether the Scottish government can find a means and the money to re-introduce some method for attracting new routes in and out of Scotland.
The commission envisages developing types of fishing gear that allow fishermen to target more specifically what they want to catch.
Amgen is studying a drug that has a mechanism very similar to Enbrel's, and Immunex has been developing another rheumatoid arthritis treatment that works on the same target as Kineret.
Boingo Wireless Chief Executive Dave Hagan said last month that his company was developing a Wi-Fi program for Verizon Wireless that would target Android users, for instance.
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The store could also stoke more interest in developing software for Mac computers, which have not been as attractive a target for independent software makers as the bigger market of PCs that run Microsoft Corp.
"Japan has ratified, so we will do our best to achieve Kyoto our target, although it may mean buying credits from overseas (developing countries) - that does not mean we are totally satisfied with Kyoto, " said Mr Arima.
Hoping to make a big difference in developing countries, the idea has already raised over 500 percent of its initial funding target.
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It has been a hot target for drug development for several years, and PFizer and Amgen are also developing PCSK9 shots.
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That possibility spells lots business opportunities, from developing software to collect, analyze and present data to creating ads and other content that target a captive audience.
According to U.S. Chamber of Commerce calculations, even if the West reduced its emissions by 80% below 2000 levels, developing countries would still have to return their emissions to 2000 levels to meet the 50% target.
And Trade Minister Wu Yi said recently that China would target "peak" tariffs in future cuts and trim the average level to that of developing nations by 2000.
Several retailers including Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy recently came together to form Merchant Customer Exchange, a company that is focused on developing a mobile commerce application which will help users pay for goods at the retailers with their smartphones.
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