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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicants:
Moshe Szyf, Cöte St-Luc, CA;
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Montréal, CA;
Shyam Ramchandani, Niagara Falls, CA;
Inventors:
Moshe Szyf, Cöte St-Luc, CA;
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Montréal, CA;
Shyam Ramchandani, Niagara Falls, CA;
Assignee:
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/48 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 35/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a DNA demethylase enzyme having about 40 KDa, and wherein said DNA demethylase enzyme is overexpressed in cancer cells and not in normal cells. The present invention also relates to the therapeutic and diagnostic uses of the DNA demethylase.