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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Wen-hwa Lee, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Huei-jen Sue Huang, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Eva Y. H. P. Lee, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Theodore Friedmann, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jiing-kuan Yee, Arcadia, CA (US);
Wen-Hwa Lee, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Huei-Jen Sue Huang, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Eva Y. H. P. Lee, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Theodore Friedmann, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jiing-Kuan Yee, Arcadia, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for gene therapy for cancers wherein chromosomal location of an inactive or defective cancer suppressing gene is established, a replacement gene which is preferably cloned is then used to replace the inactive or defective cancer suppressing gene in the chromosome. In addition to its uses in therapy, the present invention provides a means for prophylactically treating individuals having a genetic predisposition to cancer and provides an animal model for testing for carcinogenicity of environmental substances.