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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Antonio Lanzavecchia, Porza, CH;
Annalisa Macagno, Bellinzona, CH;
Inventors:
Antonio Lanzavecchia, Porza, CH;
Annalisa Macagno, Bellinzona, CH;
Assignee:
Humabs, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/42 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/25 (2006.01); C12P 21/08 (2006.01); C07K 15/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to neutralising antibodies which are specific for human cytomegalovirus and bind with high affinity as well as immortalised B cells that produce such antibodies. The invention also relates to the epitopes that the antibodies bind to as well as the use of the antibodies and the epitopes in screening methods as well as the diagnosis and therapy of disease.