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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. 23, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Mark A. Goldsmith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Goldsmith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/70 ; C12Q001/68 ; C12P021/00 ; C12P019/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for at least slowing the progression of a filovirus mediated disease condition in a host. In the subject methods, an effective amount of an agent that at least reduces the amount of folate receptor mediated filovirus cell entry is administered to the host. The subject methods find use in both the prevention and treatment of filovirus associated disease conditions, including Marburg and Ebola-Zaire virus mediated disease conditions.