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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:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/585 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/585 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to RNA-loaded antigen presenting cells and, in particular, to methods for treating or preventing tumor formation or pathogen infection in a patient. The invention further relates to methods of monitoring T-cell stimulation and to methods of antigen discovery.