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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pomila Singh, Galveston, TX (US);
Thomas G Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 44 ; 424 9321 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 435455 ; 435458 ; 536 231 ; 536 245 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses methods for the treatment of colon cancer. The expression of gastrin by colon cancers is inhibited by the use of antisense gastrin expression. Methods are disclosed for the preparation of expression constructs and the use of such constructs to inhibit colon cancer growth.