EXHIBIT 10.24



THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT



THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT (Amendment) made as of the 21stday of March, 2005, by and between VASCULAR GENETICS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Licensee) and HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (HGS).



WHEREAS, HGS and the Licensee entered into that certain
License Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1997 (Original License Agreement), whereunder HGS granted to the Licensee an exclusive license to use the gene Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 2 in gene therapy treatment of vascular
diseases; and



WHEREAS, the parties amended the Original
License Agreement in its entirety with that certain Amended and Restated License Agreement, dated February 28, 2001, and further amended such document by a First Amendment to Amended and Restated License Agreement dated October 10, 2002 and a Second
Amendment to Amended and Restated License Agreement dated April 26, 2004 (collectively Amended License Agreement); and



WHEREAS, the parties desire to herein amend the Amended License Agreement.



NOW, THEREFORE,for and in consideration of the premises and mutual promises herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:



|1. | The Parties acknowledge that all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Amended License Agreement.
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|2. | Section 1.13. Section 1.13 of the Amended License Agreement (LICENSED FIELD OF USE) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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LICENSED FIELD OF USE shall mean the field of
GENE THERAPY for the treatment of vascular disease, which for the purpose of this Agreement shall include, but is not limited to, the treatment of diabetic neuropathy.



|3. | Section 3.2. Section 3.2 of the Amended License Agreement (minimum use standards) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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LICENSEE agrees that it will meet the following minimum use standards
either by its own performance or through or in combination with an affiliate or sublicensee.



(a) LICENSEE shall have initiated a Phase IIb or Phase III clinical trial no later than December 31, 2004.



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(b) If both a Phase II and Phase III clinical trial are required by FDA, LICENSEE shall
have initiated the Phase III clinical trial no later than six (6) months after the end of the Phase II meeting, but no later than December 31, 2006.



(c) LICENSEE shall have filed a BLA for at least one LICENSED PRODUCT no later than December 31, 2009.



LICENSEE will give notice of meeting each milestone within ten (10) business
days of its occurrence. LICENSEE will provide semi-annual updates to HGS on the clinical trial progress. For purposes of the above milestone, initiate shall mean when the first patient is dosed with CLINICAL TRIAL MATERIAL. If FDA imposes unexpected
requirements unrelated to actions by LICENSEE, LICENSEE and HGS will negotiate in good faith extension of these milestones.



|4. | Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, all provisions of the Amended License Agreement remain in full force and effect.
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|5. | This Amendment may be signed in one or more counterparts, which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first written above.



HGS:  HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC.By:

/s/    James H. DavisName:

James H. Davis, Ph.D.Title:

Executive Vice President




LICENSEE:  VASCULAR GENETICS INC.By:

/s/    Richard E. OttoName:

Richard E. OttoTitle:

Chief Executive Officer