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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1994
George F Vande Woude, Berryville, VA (US);
Han-Mo Koo, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Anne Monks, Clarksburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves a method of identifying drugs which selectively inhibit the growth of particular cancer cells, which method comprises: (a) contacting with the drug at least two cancer cells derived from the same type of biological material, wherein the cancer cells differ as to the presence of a particular DNA sequence, (b) measuring the effect of the drug on the growth of the cancer cells, and (c) determining whether there is a correlation between the effect of the drug on the cancer cells and the presence or absence of the DNA sequence in the cancer cells. The present invention further involves the use of such drugs.