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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:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Applicants:
Marsha A. Moses, Brookline, MA (US);
LI Yan, Wellesley, MA (US);
Inventors:
Marsha A. Moses, Brookline, MA (US);
Li Yan, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/536 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/573 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and kits for diagnosing the presence of and prognosing the appearance of tissue remodelling-associated conditions, involving the presence of enzyme complexes in a biological sample, are disclosed. In particular, the method pertains to diagnosing the presence of or prognosing appearance of metastatic cancer by the identification of high molecular weight enzyme complexes comprising MMPs.