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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Jagannadha K. Sastry, Katy, TX (US);
Guillermo Tortolero-luna, Houston, TX (US);
Michele Follen, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jagannadha K. Sastry, Katy, TX (US);
Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Houston, TX (US);
Michele Follen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention concerns the use of E6 and/or E7 peptides from human papilloma virus (HPV) to evaluate a cell-mediated response in a patient infected with HPV to determine the prognosis for that patient with respect to the development or recurrence of pre-cancerous or cancerous growths, including cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).