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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2009
Applicant:
David Brian Galloway, Craibstone, GB;
Inventor:
David Brian Galloway, Craibstone, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57434 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of detecting or determining the presence of prostate cancer cells in a sample of body fluid from a subject comprising: (i) isolating cells from said sample to provide a cell sample; (ii) contacting said cell sample with a specific binding member capable of binding a prostate antigen; and/or (iii) contacting said cell sample with a specific binding member capable of binding a minichromosome maintenance (MCM) polypeptide(s); and (iv) determining the binding of said specific binding member(s) to the cell sample.