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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Joo-sung Yang, Seoul, KR;
Karuppiah Muthumani, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Joo-Sung Yang, Seoul, KR;
Karuppiah Muthumani, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides methods of inducing cell death withorcapsid protein, such as West Nile virus (WNV) capsid protein, and functional fragments thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating patients suffering from diseases characterized by hyperproliferating cells by administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising WNV or other virus includingorcapsid or other protein or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the same. Methods of identifying compounds which have anti-viral and/or anti-WNV and/or anti-and/or anti-capsid or other protein activity are disclosed. The invention also provides vaccine compositions comprising capsid or other proteins, or fragments thereof, or nucleic acids encoding same, from WNV or other virus includingorand a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides diagnostic methods and kits for identifying individuals exposed to WNV or other viruses includingor