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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Mark I. Greene, Penn Valley, PA (US);
William V. Williams, Havertown, PA (US);
David B. Weiner, Merion, PA (US);
Jeffrey A. Cohen, Solon, OH (US);
Thomas Kieber-Emmons, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Robert M. Williams, Fort Collins, CO (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of constructing biologically active compounds which mimic the biological activity of the biologically active protein block the activity of the biologically active protein is disclosed. A method of identifying specific and discrete portions of pathogen antigens which either serve as epitopes for neutralizing antibodies or which are involved in pathogen binding to host cell receptors is disclosed. A method of constructing biologically active compounds which compete with cellular receptors for binding to either biologically active proteins or pathogen antigens is disclosed.