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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel R. Haynes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Connie S. Schmaljohn, Frederick, MD (US);
Deborah L. Fuller, Oregon, WI (US);
Alan Schmaljohn, Frederick, MD (US);
Peter B. Jahrling, Middletown, MD (US);
Assignee:
PowerJect Vaccines Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/912 ; A61K 4/800 ; A61K 9/14 ; C12N 1/587 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/912 ; A61K 4/800 ; A61K 9/14 ; C12N 1/587 ;
Abstract
An approach to genetic vaccine methodology is described. A genetic construction encoding antigenic determinants of a filovirus is transfected into cells of the vaccinated individuals using a particle acceleration protocol so as to express the viral antigens in healthy cells to produce an immune response to those antigens.