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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Kenneth T. Wheeler, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert H. Mach, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven Childers, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gregory Shelness, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Li-ming Wang, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kenneth T. Wheeler, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert H. Mach, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven Childers, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gregory Shelness, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Li-Ming Wang, Bethesda, MD (US);
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A new variant of the sigma-1 (σ)receptor is useful in screening compounds useful in the imaging and treatment of proliferative masses (i.e., tumors). This new variant, named sigma—(σ) finds particular use in the non-invasive diagnosis of cancer and more particularly in the diagnosis of proliferative cancer cells.