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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:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Jun Jian Huang, Beijing, CN;
Cui-fen Huang, Beijing, CN;
Marie C. M. Lin, Hong Kong, CN;
Hsiang-fu Kung, Hong Kong, CN;
Inventors:
Jun Jian Huang, Beijing, CN;
Cui-Fen Huang, Beijing, CN;
Marie C. M. Lin, Hong Kong, CN;
Hsiang-Fu Kung, Hong Kong, CN;
Assignees:
Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, CN;
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides compositions comprising fragments of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) which can lead to telomere dysfunction in a cell and reduction of growth and tumorigenicity in cancer cells. The invention also relates to uses of the fragments in the treatment of cancer and in drug discovery.