Article: U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Oct. 24)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.***California Inventors Develop Chimeric Antigen ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Mark Selby of San Francisco, Edward Glazer of Oakland, Calif., and Michael Houghton of Berkel ey, Calif., have developed a virus-like particle for vaccines.According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chimeric antigens derived from hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are described which form virus-like particles when co-expressed with an excess of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). The chimeric antigens are fusion proteins containing an ...

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