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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:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald P McCaffrey, Needham, MA (US);
Zachary Spigelman, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
The University Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 45 ; 514 46 ; 514 47 ; 514 48 ; 514 49 ; 514 50 ; 514 51 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic method for specifically treating terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-positive neoplastic disease within living subjects is provided which is uniquely effective and selective. The therapeutic method comprises administering an effective concentration of a therapeutic composition to the subject, the therapeutic composition comprising a nitrogenous heterocyclic base selected from the group consisting of purines and purine derivatives and pyrimidines and pyrimidine derivatives; and a dideoxy-pentose monosaccharide moiety.