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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:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erik Wallen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Pope L. Moseley, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/718 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/718 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a heat shock protein immunotoxin comprising: at least a fragment of a heat shock protein, the fragment being capable of being bound by an immune cell; and a toxin bound to the fragment. The present invention also provides a method for decreasing the number of immune cells in an individual using the heat shock protein immunotoxins of the present invention. In addition, the present invention provides a method for decreasing the number of immune cells in an organ using the heat shock protein immunotoxins of the present invention.