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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Tufts University, Boston, MA (US);
Charles B. Shoemaker, North Grafton, MA (US);
Hanping Feng, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Tufts University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, compositions and kits are provided for treating a subject exposed to or at risk for exposure to a disease agent using a pharmaceutical composition including at least one recombinant heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein including two or multiple binding regions, such that the binding regions are not identical, and each binding region specifically binds a non-overlapping portion of the disease agent, thereby treating the subject for exposure to the disease agent. In a related embodiment, the heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein includes two or multiple binding regions that neutralize a plurality of disease agents. In certain embodiments, the disease agent includes a bacterium, a bacterial protein, a virus, a viral protein, a cancer cell, and a protein or molecule produced therefrom. In certain embodiments, the disease agent is a plurality of different disease agents.