Immunoassays for prostate specific antigen
US5599677A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/813
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of cancer immunoassay. Specifically, a new immunoassay method for prostate specific antigen (PSA) is presented. Also presented is a complex which resembles a complex of PSA and .alpha.-antichymotrypsin (ACT) that can be used as a calibrator or control in an immunoassay for PSA. Further presented is a method for fractionating polyclonal antibodies, to PSA, into those which bind epitopes that are masked by the binding of PSA to ACT and those which do not bind such epitopes.
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