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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G. Korneluk, Ottawa, CA;
Mark Lagacé, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/68 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/68 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention features methods and reagents useful for the treatment of excessive or insufficient apoptosis in cells, and, particularly, in germ-line cells. The invention is useful in treating testicular cancers, cancers of germ-line cells, cancers in non-germ-line cell tissues, infertility (e.g., male infertility), and for birth control (e.g., male birth control).