Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies which bind to the CD23 (FC?RII) type II molecule particularly altered antibodies including antibodies which bind to the CD23 (FC?RII) type II molecule characterized by an affinity constant equal to or greater than 1×109 Ka Mol?1, the preparation of such antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions which contain such antibodies and their use in therapy particularly in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide useful for immunisation against self-antigens. In particular the invention relates to a self-protein that is capable of raising auto-antibodies when administered in vivo. The invention particularly relates to rendering human cytokines immunogenic in humans. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and their use in medicine and to methods for their production.

Abstract: A nucleic acid vaccine construct comprising an isolated polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide comprising at least five consecutive amino acid residues from the VNTR monomer of Muc1 wherein one or more of said amino acids is a glycosylation site, characterised in that when said isolated polynucleotide is expressed in a mammalian cell, glycosylation of the resulting polypeptide is altered or prevented at at least one of said glycosylation sites.

Abstract: This invention relates to the preparation of recombinant primate antibodies by DNA technology; Micro-RNA techniques for production of the same; recombinant non-human primate antibodies; formulations containing the same; the use of such antibodies in the prophylaxis and treatment of humans, and diagnostic uses of such antibodies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a chimaeric antibody in which the CDR of a first antibody is spliced between the framework regions of a second antibody. The method is performed using a template comprising two framework regions, AB and CD, and between them, the CDR which is to be replaced by a donor CDR. Primers A and B are used to amplify the framework region AB, and primers C and D used to amplify the framework region CD. However, the primers B and C also contain, at their 5' ends, additional sequence corresponding to all or at least part of the donor CDR sequence. Primers B and C overlap by a length sufficient to permit annealing of their 5' ends to each other under conditions which allow a polymerase chain reaction to be performed and thereby incorporate all of the donor CDR sequence. The amplified regions AB and CD may undergo splice overlap extension to produce the chimaeric product in a single reaction.