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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Barbara Anne Croy, Niagara-on-the-Lake, CA;
Sharon S. Evans, Hamburg, NY (US);
Barbara Anne Croy, Niagara-on-the-Lake, CA;
Sharon S. Evans, Hamburg, NY (US);
University of Guelph, Niagara-on-the-Lake, CN;
Health Research, Inc., Roswell Park Division, Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of monitoring the menstrual cycle and/or the first half of pregnancy in a female by assessing the adhesion of lymphocytes from the female to uterine or lymphoid histological tissues from a pregnant animal or an animal that has been treated with gestational hormones. The method can be used to determine the ability of the lymphocyte donor's immune system to recognize and respond to an environment suitable for sustaining a pregnancy.