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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Arun Sharma, Elmwood Park, IL (US);
Sherman Elias, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Arun Sharma, Elmwood Park, IL (US);
Sherman Elias, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); C12N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to antibodies that specific bind to fetal CD36+ cells in preference to binding to maternal CD36+ cells and methods for using these antibodies to detect and separate fetal cells from adult biological fluids including maternal peripheral blood.