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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Applicant:
Einar M. Sigurdsson, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Einar M. Sigurdsson, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating, preventing, and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering an immunogenic tau peptide or an antibody recognizing the immunogenic tau epitope under conditions effective to treat, prevent, or diagnose Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tau-pathology related behavioral phenotype in a subject.