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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:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Byron E Anderson, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Lyman E Davis, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-723 ; 435-75 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 435-794 ; 436518 ; 436 64 ; 436813 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of screening for gastrointestinal cancer in a mammal comprising: (a) contacting a body fluid taken from the mammal with N3; (b) measuring the amount of antibody to N3 in the body fluid; and (c) determining if the amount of antibody measured in step (b) is higher than the amount of antibody to N3 normally present in the same type of body fluid taken from mammals of the same species that do not have cancer. The invention also provides kits for screening for gastrointestinal cancer in a mammal by measuring the mammal's level of antibodies to N3.