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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Haruo Sugiyama, Mino-shi, Osaka 562, JP;
Kazushi Inoue, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of detecting solid cancer cells which comprises determining the level of expression of WT1 gene in a test tissue, a method of detecting the atypia of a tissue which comprises determining the level of expression of WT1 gene in the tissue, and a method of testing a graft material tissue for bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation which comprises determining the level of expression of WT1 gene in a CD34,cell fraction of the tissue to detect leukemic cells and solid cancer cells in the tissue.