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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Fruehauf, Tustin, CA (US);
Ricardo J Parker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oncotech, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 435-721 ; 436 64 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method for assaying radiation resistance of cancer cells by isolating cancer cells, irradiating the cells, incubating the cells with a labeled marker indicative of cell proliferation, measuring the amount of labeled marker incorporated into the cells in order to determine the effect of radiation on the proliferation of cells, and then determining the relative resistance of the cells to radiation. Also provided are methods of assaying radiation resistance of cancer cells which are exposed to radiation and radio-sensitzing or chemotherapeutic agents.