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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Richard L. Atkinson, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Inventor:
Richard L. Atkinson, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Assignees:
Obetech, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Obetech Obesity Research, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to the relationship between infection with adipogenic adenoviruses, such as adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) and the etiologies of obesity and obesity-related cancers and other diseases. Additionally, the invention relates to assaying a subject for Ad-36 status and using Ad-36 status as a marker for the presence of cancer, to predict the future risk of developing cancers, such as breast or prostate cancer, and/or to predict the aggressiveness and prognosis of these cancers.