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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Michael D. West, San Carlos, CA (US);
Calvin B. Harley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott L. Weinrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Catherine M. Strahl, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael J. McEachern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerry Shay, Dallas, TX (US);
Woodring E. Wright, Arlington, TX (US);
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nam Woo Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Homayoun Vaziri, Toronto, CA;
Other;
Abstract
Method and compositions are provided for the determination of telomere length and telomerase activity, as well as the ability to increase or decrease telomerase activity in the treatment of proliferative diseases. Particularly, primers are elongated under conditions which minimize interference from other genomic sequences, so as to obtain accurate determinations of telomeric length or telomerase activity. In addition, compositions are provided for intracellular inhibition of telomerase activity and means are shown for slowing or reversing the loss of telomeric repeats in aging cells.