Patents Assigned to Retroscreen Limited
  • AIDS therapy and vaccine
    Patent number: 5935579
    Abstract: The present invention provides therapy and prophylaxis against HIV-induced AIDS, as well as methods for ascertaining the susceptibility of an individual to HIV-induced AIDS, the invention being based on the discovery that AIDS results from gp120 of HIV mimicking the antigen-presenting component of the immune system, thereby spuriously activating certain CD4+ T cells in susceptible individuals, leading to a condition similar to graft versus host disease, the condition being treatable by eliminating the responsible T cells, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Retroscreen Limited
    Inventors: John Anthony Habeshaw, Angus George Dalgleish, Elizabeth Hounsell, Lynne Bountiff