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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:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen B Howell, Del Mar, CA (US);
Randolph D Christen, San Diego, CA (US);
Seiji Isonishi, Suginami-Ku, JP;
Paul A Andrews, Washington Grove, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514449 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a method of sensitizing various types of cancer cells derived from different tissues of origin to various cytotoxic agents and augmenting the sensitivity of cancer cells to these cytotoxic agents. The invention provides a method to treat cancer and other cell proliferative diseases by the administration of a sensitizing agent prior to or concurrently with the administration of a cytotoxic agent.