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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicants:
Dale B. Schenk, Burlingame, CA (US);
Frederique Bard, Pacifica, CA (US);
Theodore Yednock, Forest Knolls, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dale B. Schenk, Burlingame, CA (US);
Frederique Bard, Pacifica, CA (US);
Theodore Yednock, Forest Knolls, CA (US);
Assignee:
Elan Pharma International Limited, County Westmeath, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of Aβ in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the amyloid deposit. The methods are useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Preferred agents including N-terminal fragments of Aβ and antibodies binding to the same.