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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Katherine Meyer Siegler, Seminole, FL (US);
Inventor:
Katherine Meyer Siegler, Seminole, FL (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for detecting, diagnosing or prognosticating prostate cancer by measuring the levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in the serum of an individual. The assay for MIF can be an immunoassay, such as ELISA, or a nucleic assay, such as Nouthern blot. Genetic changes within MIF gene can predict patients that express high levels of MIF.