SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2002

                           INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                   000-23413                      94-3123681
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(State or other               (Commission                   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of               File Number)               Identification No.)
 incorporation)


                      135 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA 02452
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 398-0700
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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

     (c)  EXHIBITS

          99   Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
               of 2002.


ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished pursuant to Item 9 and
shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated
by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The furnishing of the information in this Current Report is
not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing
is required by Regulation FD or that the information this Current Report
contains is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly
available.

On November 7, 2002, the Company filed with the Commission its Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002 accompanied by the
certification of Philip R. Reilly, Chief Executive Officer, and Fenel M. Eloi,
Chief Financial Officer, required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.





                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC.
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(Registrant)

Date: November 7, 2002                   /s/ Fenel . M. Eloi
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                                         Fenel M. Eloi, Chief Operating Officer,
                                         Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
                                         Secretary and Treasurer





                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NUMBER                               DESCRIPTION
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     99          Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
                 of 2002.