Patent ID: 7618944

Claim:
A micelle having an amyloid (1-42) peptide or fragment or mutant peptide thereof, encapsulated therein, wherein the amyloid-beta (1-42) peptide or fragment or mutant peptide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos: 1-20 and wherein the micelle comprises a multiblock copolymer selected from the following compounds of the formula: wherein each w is 25-1000, each x is 1-50, each y is 1-50, each z is 1-100, p is the sum of y and z, and each dotted bond represents the point of attachment to the rest of the molecule: Compound A 1 A 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Compound A 3 E 1 E 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98