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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
R. Anthony Williamson, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis R. Burton, La Jolla, CA (US);
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
R. Anthony Williamson, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis R. Burton, La Jolla, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind with a high degree of binding affinity to a native ungulate PrPand/or a denatured ungulate PrP, but not to a native ungulate PrP. Preferred antibodies find native bovine PrPand treated PrPbut not native bovine PrPand can be used in an assay to determine if a sample is infected with infectious prions, i.e. PrP.