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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Schreiber, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lloyd J. Old, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12P 2/104 ; C12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12P 2/104 ; C12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method for screening substances for oncogenic activity is disclosed. The method involves administering the substance to an animal lacking responsiveness to interferon&ggr; and detecting a higher frequency or earlier time of tumor formation in the test animal compared to control animals. In addition, a method is provided for predicting the aggressiveness of a tumor in a patient.