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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1996
Calvin Bruce Harley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nam Woo Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Lawrence Weinrich, Redwood City, CA (US);
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Telomerase activity in a sample can be measured using a two reaction protocol. The first reaction involves the formation of telomerase substrate extension products from a telomerase substrate. The second reaction involves replication of the telomerase substrate extension products and/or amplification of signal generated by a bound probe. The presence of telomerase activity in a human somatic tissue or cell sample is positively correlated with the presence of cancer and can be used to diagnose a disease or other conditions of medical interest, as well as the course of disease progression or remission in a patient.