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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Eric Calvo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Osvaldo Marinotti, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jose M. C. Ribeiro, Rockville, MD (US);
Ivo M. Francischetti, Washington, DC (US);
Eric Calvo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Osvaldo Marinotti, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jose M. C. Ribeiro, Rockville, MD (US);
Ivo M. Francischetti, Washington, DC (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery of the Aegyptin gene and Aegyptin protein, a molecule that interacts with collagen and inhibits platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation. Novel biological tools, prophylactics, therapeutics, diagnostics, and methods of use of the foregoing are also disclosed.