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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

0000316253 ENZO BIOCHEM INC. 1,000 3-MOS JUL-31-1997 AUG-01-1996 OCT-31-1996 23518 0 21713 (6812) 1736 42359 8724 (5741) 64210 2705 0 0 0 231 60398 64210 8005 8005 3619 4725 3189 1536 (478) 139 17 122 0 0 0 122 .01 .01