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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph T Kubo, San Diego, CA (US);
Howard M Grey, La Jolla, CA (US);
Alessandro Sette, La Jolla, CA (US);
Esteban Celis, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cytel Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241851 ; 4241931 ; 42419711 ; 4242771 ; 530300 ; 530328 ; 530403 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer. The invention provides peptides based on a 9 residue epitope derived from the product of the tumor-associated gene MAGE-3. The peptide induces CTL that kill melanoma and other tumor cells lines.