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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Calvin B. Harley, Murphys, CA (US);
Laurence Elias, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jennifer Smith, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mark J. Ratain, Chicago, IL (US);
Fabio Benedetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6813 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6813 (2013.01); C12N 15/1137 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods for determining the susceptibility of cancer patients to developing adverse reactions if treated with a telomerase inhibitor drug by measurement of telomere length in appropriate cells of the patient prior to initiation of the telomerase inhibitor treatment.