Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Domain 5 of CD163 for use in antiviral compositions against PRRS, and transgenic animals
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Application No.: US14907069Application Date: 2014-07-24
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Publication No.: US09854790B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Tahar Ait-Ali , Simon Lillico , Alan Archibald , Christopher Bruce Alexander Whitelaw
- Applicant: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Current Assignee: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Priority: GB1313235.2 20130724
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/052270 WO 20140724
- International Announcement: WO2015/011483 WO 20150129
- Main IPC: A01K67/027
- IPC: A01K67/027 ; C07K14/705 ; C12N15/85 ; A61K38/00
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for the prevention and/or treatment of PRRS in animals, typically domestic pigs. The invention relates to proteins which comprise fragments of CD163, nucleic acid constructs encoding such proteins, and methods of modifying expression or activity of CD 163 in vivo.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160165860A1 Domain 5 of CD163 for Use in Antiviral Compositions Against PRRS, and Transgenic Animals Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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