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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillips W. Robbins, Acton, MA (US);
Sadhana Prakash, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3567 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3567 ;
Abstract
A process for assaying for cancer of the prostate, comprising assaying a sample derived from a human for prostate specific antigen having a linked oligosaccharide which is at least triantennary. The assay may employ a binding molecule which binds to oligosaccharides that are at least triantennary, but does not bind to oligosaccharides that are monoantennary or diantennary. Such binding molecule may be a lectin such as PHA-L or an antibody to an oligosaccharide that is at least triantennary.