BioTransplant obtains United States patent.BioTransplant, Inc. (Charlestown, MA) has patented a composition and method for determining the levels of specific immune responsiveness to a glycoprotein glycoprotein (glī'kōprō`tēn), organic compound composed of both a protein and a carbohydrate joined together in covalent chemical linkage. in an individual being treated therewith there·with adv. 1. With that, this, or it. 2. In addition to that. 3. Archaic Immediately thereafter. Adv. 1. by (i) contacting a body fluid sample obtained from the individual prior to glycoprotein treatment with glycoprotein that has been modified to have an oxidized oxidized having been modified by the process of oxidation. oxidized cellulose see absorbable cellulose. carbohydrate portion; (ii) contacting a body fluid sample obtained from the individual subsequent to glycoprotein treatment with the glycoprotein that has been modified to have an oxidized carbohydrate portion; and (iii) observing the degree of difference in the specific immune response immune response n. An integrated bodily response to an antigen, especially one mediated by lymphocytes and involving recognition of antigens by specific antibodies or previously sensitized lymphocytes. to the oxidized glycoprotein in the pre- and post-treatment samples. (US 5856106) |
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