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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack T Stapleton, Iowa City, IA (US);
Jian-Qiu Han, Shanghai, CN;
Douglas LaBrecque, Iowa City, IA (US);
Warren N Schmidt, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-5 ; 435-772 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 435-793 ; 435960 ; 5303871 ; 5303873 ; 5303883 ; 5303891 ; 5303894 ; 5303911 ; 5303913 ; 530866 ;
Abstract
The present invention involves the detection and purification of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). More particularly, the invention involves the exploitation of a newly discovered Fc-binding function in HCV to capture HCV from infected samples. This permits greatly simplified methods of diagnosis, improved methods of treatment and, in addition, the first opportunity to purify significant quantities of HCV.