Cancer Research Technology Limited

Cancer Research Campaign Technology Limited

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Arquer Diagnostic Limited

Arquer Diagnostics Limited

Ronald Alfred Laskey

Nicholas Coleman

Gareth Paul Williams

Gareth Haydn Williams

Torsten Krude

Cheryl Nyberg

David Nicholas Miller-Jones

Anthony David Mills

Jonathan Noe Pines

Kai Stoeber

Mark Richard Jackman

Kal Stoeber

The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.

Methods and kits

This disclosure relates to a diagnostic/prognostic assay for prostate cancer and including kits used in said assay.

Assay

Determination of cellular growth abnormality, particularly cancerous abnormality, by detection of target polypeptides or encoding mRNA, where the target polypeptides are members of the preinitiation complex of DNA replication in tissue, cells or fluid. Target polypeptides include CDC6, MCM2, MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6 and MCM7. Test samples include tissue of the cervix (both biopsy and smear samples), breast, colon, lung, bladder, skin, larynx, oesophagus, bronchus, lymph nodes and urinary tract (both biopsy and cytology smear samples), in determination of cancerous and pre-cancerous cellular growth abnormality, and cells spun from urine, blood and serum, in determination of haematological malignancies and evidence of metastatic sarcoma and carcinoma.

Detection of dysplastic or neoplastic cells using anti-MCM4 antibodies

Determination of cellular growth abnormality, particularly cancerous abnormality, by detection of target polypeptides or encoding mRNA, where the target polypeptides are members of the preinitiation complex of DNA replication in tissue, cells or fluid. Target polypeptides include CDC6, MCM2, MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6 and MCM7. Test samples include tissue of the cervix (both biopsy and smear samples), breast, colon, lung, bladder, skin, larynx, esophagus, bronchus, lymph nodes and urinary tract (both biopsy and cytology smear samples), in determination of cancerous and pre-cancerous cellular growth abnormality, and cells spun from urine, blood and serum, in determination of haematological malignancies and evidence of metastatic sarcoma and carcinoma.

Detection of dysplastic or neoplastic cells using anti-MCM3 antibodies

Detection of dysplastic or neoplastic cells using anti-MCM6 antibodies

Determination of cellular growth abnormality, particularly cancerous abnormality, by detection of target polypeptides or encoding mRNA, where the target polypeptides are members of the preinitiation complex of DNA replication in tissue, cells or fluid. Target polypeptides include CDC6, MCM2, MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6 and MCM7. Test samples include tissue of the cervix (both biopsy and smear samples), breast, colon, lung, bladder, skin, larynx, esophagus, bronchus, lymph nodes and urinary tract (both biopsy and cytology smear samples), in determination of cancerous and pre-cancerous cellular growth abnormality, and cells spun from urine, blood and serum, in determination of hematological malignancies and evidence of metastatic sarcoma and carcinoma.

Detection of dysplastic or neoplastic cells using anti-MCM2 antibodies

Determination of cellular growth abnormality, particularly cancerous abnormality, by detection of target polypeptides or encoding mRNA, where the target polypeptides are members of the preinitiation complex of DNA replication in tissue, cells or fluid. Target polypeptides include CDC6, MCM2, MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6 and MCM7. Test samples include tissue of the cervix (both biopsy and smear samples), breast, colon, lung, bladder, skin, larynx, oesophagus, bronchus, lymph nodes and urinary tract (both biopsy and cytology smear samples), in determination of cancerous and precancerous cellular growth abnormality, and cells spun from urine, blood and serum, in determination of haematological malignancies and evidence of metastatic sarcoma and carcinoma.

The invention relates to improvements in cell-free systems for initiating DNA replication under cell cycle control. The system comprises a synchronous population of G1 nuclei which have been released from G0; and S phase cytosol. In a preferred aspect, a polypeptide is supplied to the system, wherein the polypeptide is Cdc6 and/or at least one MCM protein. The system is suitable for DNA replication assays, for example to test substances which modulate DNA replication.

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Ronald Alfred Laskey