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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
J. Brice Weinberg, Durham, NC (US);
Barton F. Haynes, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ; C07K 1/4705 ; C07K 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ; C07K 1/4705 ; C07K 4/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting HIV infection of cells susceptible to HIV infection. The method comprises contacting such cells with an agent (such as an anti-CD44 antibody) that inhibits CD44-facilitated HIV infection of the cells.