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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carsten Korth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Beat Stierli, Daenikon, CH;
Peter Stregt, Zurich, CH;
Bruno Oesch, Stilli, CH;
Markus Moser, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ;
Abstract
The presented invention relates to monoclonal antibodies useful in sensitive and specific immunological assays for the identification of prions in various tissues and body fluids, the production of such monoclonal antibodies by means of immunization of PrP mice by means of a new recombinant fragment of PrP and the use of the antibodies, e.g. for therapeutic and preventive treatments of humans and animals suffering from prion diseases.