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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1994
Wen-Hwa Lee, San Antonio, TX (US);
Eva Y-HP. Lee, San Antonio, TX (US);
David W Goodrich, Houston, TX (US);
H Michael Shepard, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Nan Ping Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Duane Johnson, Encinitas, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Canji, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a method of preventing or inhibiting the proliferation of a pathologically proliferating cell, wherein the pathological proliferation of the cell is the result of the absence of a functional retinoblastoma protein or polypeptide in the cell. The method requires contacting the cell with an effective amount of retinoblastoma protein or polypeptide. This method also is useful to prevent or treat retinoblastoma or a secondary cancer to retinoblastoma by administering to a patient a functional retinoblastoma protein or polypeptide.