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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M. Brown, Milton, MA (US);
David I. Soybel, Dover, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for treating cancer patients by administering ligands that bind with specificity to the calcium-sensing receptor. In addition, the invention is directed to methods for detecting transformed cells by determining the number of calcium-sensing receptors present.