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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2013
Applicants:

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Calvo, Bethesda, MD (US);

Osvaldo Marinotti, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Jose M. C. Ribeiro, Rockville, MD (US);

Ivo M. Francischetti, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01); A61K 38/49 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/43563 (2013.01); A61K 48/00 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); A61K 38/49 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01);
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.


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