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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:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Cook, Madison, WI (US);
Sohee Kim, Pusan, KR;
Michael W Pariza, Madison, WI (US);
Danielle DeVoney, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514558 ; 514-2 ; 514 27 ;
Abstract
A method of enhancing the activity of natural killer lymphocytes and a method for increasing the basal level of natural killer activity in an animal include the step of administering orally or parenterally to said animal a safe amount of CLA, said amount being effective to enhance the activity of killer lymphocytes or to enhance the basal activity of killer lymphocytes in the animal.