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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Nicholas J. Westwood, Fife, GB;
Gary E. Ward, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kimberly L. Carey, Jericho, VT (US);
Timothy J. Mitchinson, Brookline, MA (US);
Nicholas J. Westwood, Fife, GB;
Gary E. Ward, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kimberly L. Carey, Jericho, VT (US);
Timothy J. Mitchinson, Brookline, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Boston, MA (US);
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel assay systems and methods for monitoring cell invasion by protozoal parasites. The present invention further provides methods of using these assays systems to identify compounds that treat or prevent protozoal infection. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions that have anit-protozoal activity and methods of treating infections.