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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Applicants:
Marti Jett, Washington, DC (US);
Rina Das, Rockville, MD (US);
Roger Neill, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of diagnosing the stage or aggressiveness of cancer and particularly breast and prostate cancer by measuring the deviation of levels of fatty acid binding proteins in mammalian tissue or body fluids from normal levels of fatty acid binding proteins. The invention relates to a family of key proteins called fatty acid binding proteins which are involved in metabolism of AA and other lipids and how they affect the proliferation of cancer cells.