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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Michael F. Clarke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tim Hoey, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Xinhao Wang, Freemont, CA (US);
Scott Dylla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Austin Gurney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Piero Dalerba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Prince, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Grace Chen, Howell, MI (US);
Michael F. Clarke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tim Hoey, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Xinhao Wang, Freemont, CA (US);
Scott Dylla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Austin Gurney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Piero Dalerba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Prince, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Grace Chen, Howell, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing, treating and diagnosing cancer. In particular, the present invention provides a cancer stem cell profile, as well as novel stem cell cancer markers useful for the diagnosis, characterization, prognosis and treatment of cancer and in particular the targeting of solid tumor stem cells.