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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. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Briggs W Morrison, Westwood, MA (US);
Philip Leder, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignees:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435325 ; 536 235 ; 4353201 ; 4352523 ; 4352551 ;
Abstract
A novel chloride channel protein found in human breast cancer cells is disclosed. The chloride channel protein, called Mat-8, serves as a useful diagnostic reagent for the detection of breast cancer. The Mat-8 protein and chloride channel proteins generally, are useful therapeutic targets for the treatment of breast cancer.