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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Alan McClelland, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Susan C Stevenson, Federick, MD (US);
Genetic Therapy, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
An adenovirus wherein the adenovirus fiber protein includes a ligand which is specific for a receptor located on a desired cell type. The adenovirus may have at least a portion of the adenovirus fiber protein removed and replaced with a ligand which is specific for a receptor located on a desired cell type, or the adenovirus may include a fusion protein of the adenovirus fiber protein and the ligand. Such an adenovirus may also include a gene(s) encoding a therapeutic agent(s) and may be 'targeted' in order to deliver such gene(s) to a desired cell type.
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