Patents Examined by Ganell Graeter
  • Detection of viruses and antibodies
    Patent number: 4937199
    Abstract: An improved method of detecting, in a beta.sub.2 m containing clinical sample, a virus of the herpes group or an antibody to that virus, by assaying the sample with a reagent that will reveal the presence of the virus or antibody comprising, utilizing or removing the beta.sub.2 m prior to the assay by(1) removing beta.sub.2 m from at least the sample and reagent, or(2) contacting a sample that is to be assayed for virus with a reagent that reacts with beta.sub.2 m and which will form an anti-beta.sub.2 m/beta.sub.2 m/virus conjugate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
    Inventors: Paul D. Griffiths, Jane E. Grundy, Jane A. McKeating