US Patent Application 20090010962 - Genetically Engineered Swine Influenza Virus

This was posted by the ATS user ApollonianFunMachine in another thread but I felt that this information deserves a new thread. Its about the public patent for a engineered swine flu virus.

Claims

1. An attenuated swine influenza virus comprising a mutation in a swine influenza NS1 gene that diminishes the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular interferon response, and permits the attenuated virus, at a multiplicity of infection of 0.001, to grow to titers between approximately 3 fold to approximately 7 fold lower than wild-type swine influenza in pig cells, as determined approximately 5 days post-infection when propagated under the same conditions.

2. The attenuated swine influenza virus of claim 1, wherein the attenuated virus is genetically engineered.

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Inventors

* Palese, Peter
* Garcia-Sastre, Adolfo
* Webby, Richard J.
* Richt, Juergen A.
* Webster, Robert G.
* Lager, Kelly M.

Assignees

* THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
* MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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PDF File from the site can be downloaded here without registration: PDF

Interesting stuff.



[edit on 31-10-2009 by Copernicus]

Can you post the file.......it will keep everyone from signing up to patient storm??

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Drunkenshrew has beaten you to it I'm afraid:

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aaaaand:

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Ah I see. Thank you. Didnt find that thread while searching....

Originally posted by Cloudsinthesky
Can you post the file.......it will keep everyone from signing up to patient storm??

Done.



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I think this is the stuff that the missing CNN.com article said was stolen from a lab the day before N1H1 hit Mexico. Can't be certain by any means, but since there is a patent and I know what I read, there is most likely a connection.

It's too late.

please read the entire thread that was linked as this patent is not some made in a lab death virus ... its about making vaccines... for pigs... im not joking

Please post any comments in the existing thread here...

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