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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Joel Barry Baseman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thirumalai Rengasamy Kannan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joel Barry Baseman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thirumalai Rengasamy Kannan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/02 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides acommunity acquired respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) toxin, biologically active fragments/domains of the CARDS toxin, antibodies to the CARDS toxin and nucleic acids encoding the CARDS toxin. Also provided are methods of diagnosing, treating and/or preventing infection byusing the compositions provided herein.