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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1993
Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567, JP;
Cheryl L Willman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Maria G Pallavicini, Livermore, CA (US);
Hisashi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a method of diagnosing tumorigenic mammalian cells or the propensity of a mammalian cell to become tumorigenetic. Additionally, the present invention relates to a cloned cDNA or genomic DNA for reducing the propensity of a cell to become tumorigenic or suppressing tumorigenic phenotype of a cell; a method of reducing the propensity of a cell to become tumorigenic or suppressing the tumorigenic phenotype of a cell; a method of treating a patient suffering from or predisposed to subsequent cancer development; and a method of diagnosing tumorigenic tissue of a human or tissue predisposed to become tumorigenic.