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Recombinant birth control vaccine

US5733553A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 21, 1994
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2760/20122
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A recombinant birth control vaccine comprising a beta subunit of chorionic gonadotropin, a recombinant luteinizing hormone or a mixture thereof has been developed. This recombinant birth control vaccine may also act as a vaccine against a protein or peptide unassociated with the mammalian reproductive system, such as a protein or peptide associated with a disease organism such as hepatitis B.

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