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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2011
Ian Durrant, Stoke Mandeville, GB;
Toni Day, East Hendred, GB;
Aisling O'keeffe, Kidlington, GB;
Maxine Bampton, Abingdon, GB;
Ian Durrant, Stoke Mandeville, GB;
Toni Day, East Hendred, GB;
Aisling O'Keeffe, Kidlington, GB;
Maxine Bampton, Abingdon, GB;
Oxford Immunotec Limited, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB;
Abstract
A method of performing an immunologic evaluation of a subject, comprising collecting a whole blood sample from the subject, maintaining the sample for at least 6 hours after collection, purifying a population of cells comprising lymphocytes and antigen presenting cells from the maintained sample, optionally by a process incorporating a positive or negative affinity selection step to remove granulocytes, and using the purified cells in a cell-mediated immunoassay (CMI assay).