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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Ann Kwong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Randal Byrn, Wayland, MA (US);
Lola M. Reid, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions comprising cells that can effectively produce HCV after HCV infection, compositions for culturing the cells, methods for making the composition and methods for infecting the cells in the composition with HCV. The present invention also provides methods for assaying HCV production and methods for evaluating compounds that affect the production of HCV.