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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raju Kucherlapati, Darien, CT (US);
Aya Jakobovits, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sue Klapholz, Stanford, CA (US);
Daniel G. Brenner, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel J. Capon, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abgenix, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/100 ; A01K 6/7027 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/100 ; A01K 6/7027 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
Antibodies with fully human variable regions against a specific antigen can be prepared by administering the antigen to a transgenic animal which has been modified to produce such antibodies in response to antigenic challenge, but whose endogenous loci have been disabled. Various subsequent manipulations can be performed to obtain either antibodies per se or analogs thereof.