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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Robert H. Silverman, Beachwood, OH (US);
Eric A. Klein, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Graham Casey, Pasadena, CA (US);
Joseph Derisi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Don Ganem, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert H. Silverman, Beachwood, OH (US);
Eric A. Klein, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Graham Casey, Pasadena, CA (US);
Joseph DeRisi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Don Ganem, San Francisco, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding viruses; isolated polypeptides comprising amino acid sequences of the virus; vectors comprising the viral nucleic acid sequences; cells comprising the vectors; antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which have binding specificity for the virus; methods of detecting or screening for the virus (e.g., in an individual); methods of identifying agents that inhibit the virus; methods of inducing an immune response to the virus; methods of treating disease associated with the presence of XMRV in an individual (e.g., cancer such as prostate cancer); methods of detecting asymptomatic cancer (e.g., prostate cancer); methods of identifying an individual at risk for developing cancer (e.g., prostate cancer); and kits for detecting the virus.