Use of anti-amyloid agents for treating and typing pathogen infections
AssigneeRamot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
InventorsEhud Gazit, Izhack Cherny
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Abstract
A method of preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a subject is provided. The method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an anti amyloid agent, thereby treating or preventing the pathogen infection in the subject.
Claims59
A method of preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an anti amyloid agent, thereby treating or preventing the pathogen infection in the subject.
Use of an anti-amyloid agent for the manufacture of a medicament identified for preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a subject.
A method of typing a pathogen, the method comprising monitoring an alteration in growth and/or infectivity of the pathogen in the presence of an anti-amyloid agent, thereby typing the pathogen.
A method of identifying an anti-amyloid agent, the method comprising:
- (a) contacting molecules with an amyloid forming pathogen:
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- (b) identifying at least one molecule of said molecules capable of altering amyloid formation of said amyloid forming pathogen, thereby identifying the anti-amyloid agent.
A medical device comprising an anti-amyloid agent attached thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.