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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 23,518 0 21,713 (6,812) 1,736 42,359 8,724 (5,41) 6,210 2,705 0 0 0 231 60,398 64,210 8,005 8,005 3,619 4,725 3,189 1,536 (478) 139 17 122 0 0 0 122 .01 .01