Article: U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (Nov. 20)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota.

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Minnesota Inventors Develop B7-H1-Specific Antibodies Removal Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 20 -- Lieping Chen and Scott E. Strome, both of Rochester, Minn., have developed a method for removing B7-H1-specific antibodies.

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods of removing B7-H1-specific antibodies from a body fluid (e.g., blood), methods of diagnosing and treating diseases and pathological conditions mediated by activated T cells, methods for screening for compounds that inhibit binding of a ...

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