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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kagoshima, JP;
Toshihiro Nakashima, Kikuchi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kagoshima, JP;
Toshihiro Nakashima, Kikuchi, JP;
Assignee:
Juridical Foundation the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Kumamoto-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/18 (2006.01); C12P 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A human anti-amyloid β peptide (hereinafter referred to as 'Aβ') antibody that binds to Aβ to thereby inhibit aggregation of Aβ molecules, and a fragment of said antibody are provided. The antibody and a fragment thereof according to the present invention, comprising a variable region of a human-derived anti-Aβ antibody, strongly reacts with Aβ to thereby inhibit its aggregation and hence may be used as a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer dementia.