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PARATHYROID IMAGING BY RADIOLABELED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4745
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
4649 Le Bourget Dr
St Louis, MO 63134
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Charles Benton
 Principal Investigator
 (314) 727-8255
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY-BASED IMAGING REAGENT CAPABLE VISUALIZING HUMAN PARATHYROIDGLANDS. THE STUDY WILL BE DIRECTED AT ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN PARATHYROID-SPECIFIC MOUSE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THEIR TARGET ANTIGENS. AS THE CLASS AND SUBCLASS OF ANTIBODIES WILL LIKELY INFLUENCE IMAGING PROPERTIES, VARIANTS OF HYBRIDOMAS WILL BE SELECTED BY FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTERS THAT SECRETE IMMUNOGLOBULINS OF DIFFERENT IGG SUBCLASSES AND IGM. THESE ANTIBODIES WILL BE TESTED FOR LOCALIZATION OF HUMAN PARATHYROID FRAGMENTS IN NUDE MICE. FUTURE PHASE II STUDIES WILL FOCUS ON THE IMAGING PARAMETERSOF THESE VARIANT ANTIBODIES IN LARGE ANIMALS, SUCH AS DOGS OR MONKEYS, TO SELECT THE OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR IMAGING IN HUMANS.

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