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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Applicants:
James M. Mullin, Havertown, PA (US);
James Thornton, Villanova, PA (US);
Inventors:
James M. Mullin, Havertown, PA (US);
James Thornton, Villanova, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P015/00 ; C12Q001/00 ; C12Q001/62 ; C12Q001/58 ; G01N033/53 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention involves the early diagnosis of cancerous or precancerous conditions in the gastrointestinal tract by detection of a backleak of signature proteins or carbohydrates in a biological sample obtained from the gastrointestinal tract.