Dr. Gibbs, who had studied the gene sequences of the swine flu virus posted on public data banks, argued that it must have been grown in eggs, the medium used in vaccine laboratories. He reached that conclusion, he said, because the new virus was not closely related to known ones and because it had more of the amino acid lysine and more mutations than typical strains of swine flu.''Treasury's expectations of who should apply'' have changed, Ben Pratt, a spokesman for Ameriprise, said in an interview. ``At the time we were considering it, Treasury was strongly encouraging healthy firms to apply.''Notes:@ Boston 1B/OF Mark Kotsay played six innings in Pawtucket on a rehab assignment while recovering from back surgery and went 1 for 3 Red Sox SS Julio Lugo got the day off with a day game on Sunday The Mets sat OF Ryan Church, who left Friday night's game with a sore hamstring, and Jose Reyes, who is day-to-day with a tendinitis in his right calf Carlos (sore right knee) was the designated hitter for the second straight game Ellsbury has hit in 18 straight games, the longest for a Boston OF since Johnny Damon hit in 29 in a row in 2005.
