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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Calvin Bruce Harley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nam Woo Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Lawrence Weinrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ; 435174 ; 536 231 ; 536 243 ; 536 2433 ; 530300 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
Telomerase activity in a sample can be measured using a two reaction protocol involving telomerase substrate and primer extension steps. 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 the course of disease progression in a patient.