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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Katherine Siegler, Seminole, FL (US);
Kenneth Iczkowski, Gainesville, FL (US);
Richard Bucala, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Pedro L. Vera, Largo, FL (US);
Katherine Siegler, Seminole, FL (US);
Kenneth Iczkowski, Gainesville, FL (US);
Richard Bucala, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Pedro L. Vera, Largo, FL (US);
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the risk assessment, detection, diagnosis, or prognosis of prostate cancer. More specifically, this invention relates to the detection of certain polymorphism in the promoter region of the MIF gene to determine the risk, detect, diagnose, or prognosticate prostate cancer. Applicants have discovered that the presence of a −173C and/or −749 (CATT)repeat predispose an individual to prostate cancer.