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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. 10, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric J. Sorscher, Birmingham, AL (US);
William B. Parker, Birmingham, AL (US);
William Waud, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Vijayakrishna K. Gadi, Birmingham, AL (US);
Leonard L. Bennett, Jr., Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; A01N 6/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; A01N 6/300 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a procaryotic host cell stably transformed or transfected by a vector including a DNA sequence encoding for purine nucleoside phosphorylase or hydrolase. The transformed or transfected procaryotic host cell can be used in combination with a purine substrate to treat tumor cells and/or virally infected cells.