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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nicola Aceto, Monferrato, IT;
Daniel Arie Haber, Newton, MA (US);
Shyamala Maheswaran, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1135 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and assays relating to the presence and/or level of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). These CTC-Cs represent a highly metastatic subpopulation of CTCs. In some embodiments, the methods and assays described herein relate to the treatment of cancer.