Patents Assigned to Fundacio Cellex
  • Patent number: 8790661
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of vaccines for the prevention and prophylaxis against malaria, more specifically it relates to exosomes isolated from reticulocytes infected with Plasmodium sp., to methods for obtaining them and to the use thereof for the prevention and prophylaxis against malaria as well as to its use for the discovery and identification of novel Plasmodium antigens. The invention also refers to artificial exosomes comprising Plasmodium sp. antigens. Finally, the invention refers to specific antigens discovered by means of the exosomes obtained from reticulocytes infected with Plasmodium sp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, Fundacio Cellex, Hospital Clinic I Provincial de Barcelona, Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats
    Inventors: Antonio Hernando Del Portillo Obando, Lorena Martin Jaular, Carmen Maria Del Fernandez Becerra