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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Jatin M. Vyas, Milton, MA (US);
Jenny M. Tam, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael K. Mansour, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jatin M. Vyas, Milton, MA (US);
Jenny M. Tam, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael K. Mansour, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A61K 47/48 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5091 (2013.01); A61K 39/0002 (2013.01); A61K 47/48892 (2013.01); G01N 33/56961 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides for compositions and methods for a purified fungal carbohydrate-linked polymer bead platform, which can serve as an artificial fungus-like particle to measure specific patient immune responses to fungal carbohydrate antigens. A specific embodiment comprises a purified β-1,3-glucan chemically conjugated to a polymer bead.