Abstract: This invention relates to radiolabeled peptides and methods for producing such peptides. Specifically, the invention relates to peptides, methods and kits for making such peptides, and methods for using such peptides to image sites in a mammalian body labeled with technetium-99m (Tc-99m) via a radiolabel-binding moiety which forms a neutral complex with Tc-99m.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 14, 1998
Assignee:
Diatide, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard T. Dean, Scott Buttram, William McBride, John Lister-James, Edgar R. Civitello