Granted Patent
B2
US 7,704,507 · App. 11/366,196 · Granted Apr 27, 2010
Anticancer vaccine and diagnostic methods and reagents
Assignees:
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education; University of Virginia Patent Foundation
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for vaccinating a patient against a malignancy comprising introducing a protein or peptide comprising of all or an immunogenic fragment of a cyclin protein into the patient. The invention further provides a method of identifying tumor antigens.
Claims (3)
1. A method of inducing immune response in a human patient comprising introducing a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:7 or SEQ ID NO:8 into a human patient under conditions sufficient for the patient to develop an immune response to the peptide.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peptide consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:7.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peptide consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8.
Assignments (4)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE
Recorded Jun 7, 2010
From: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 024490/0957 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Feb 2, 2010
From: FINN, OLIVERA J.; KAO, HENRY
To: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Reel/Frame 023886/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 18, 2007
From: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
To: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 018769/0839 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 17, 2007
From: HUNT, DONALD F.; MARTO, JARROD A.
To: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Reel/Frame 018766/0163 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application
6032445000
· Sep 24, 2001