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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1993
Larry W Kwak, Frederick, MD (US);
Dan L Longo, Kensington, MD (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a method of improving a transplantation of hematopoietic cells from a donor to a recipient to treat a hematopoietic cell tumor in the recipient comprising immunizing the donor's hematopoietic cells with an antigen specific for the recipient's hematopoietic cell tumor, and transplanting the donor's immunized hematopoietic cells to the recipient. Also provided is a composition comprising purified hematopoietic cells primed to produce an immunological response to foreign tumor specific antigen. Also provided is a method of treating a tumor by the transplantation of hematopoietic cells from a donor to a recipient to treat the tumor in the recipient comprising immunizing the donor's hematopoietic cells with an antigen specific for the recipient's tumor, and transplanting the donor's immunized hematopoietic cells to the recipient.