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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/100 ;
Abstract
A method for the detection of telomerase activity, for the detection of cancer cells and for the diagnosis of cancer comprising amplifying an oligonucleotide sequence extended by a DNA extension reaction with a telomerase and hybridizing the resulting amplified product with a probe labelled with a non-radioactive material to detect the telomerase activity, as well as a diagnositic kit for use in said method for the detection and diagnosis.