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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E. Housman, Newton, MA (US);
Fred D. Ledley, Needham, MA (US);
Vincent P. Stanton, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Variagenics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for the treatment of proliferative disorders using compounds and/or environmental conditions which result in a difference in sensitivity of targeted and non-targeted cells. Certain of the methods involve the identification and use of allele-specific inhibitors of conditionally essential genes.