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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Miles W. Carroll, Wantage, GB;
Kevin A. Myers, Wantage, GB;
Inventors:
Miles W. Carroll, Wantage, GB;
Kevin A. Myers, Wantage, GB;
Assignee:
Oxford Biomedica (UK) Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides 5T4 tumour-associated antigen (TAA) for use in a method of immunotherapy of tumours. The invention also relates to a recombinant poxvirus vector from which at least one immune evasion gene has been deleted, which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 5T4 TAA and the use thereof in vaccinating against and in treating tumours.