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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Steven K. Libutti, North Potomac, MD (US);
Chiara Mazzanti, Pisa, IT;
Martha Zeiger, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christopher Umbricht, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Steven K. Libutti, North Potomac, MD (US);
Chiara Mazzanti, Pisa, IT;
Martha Zeiger, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christopher Umbricht, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of genes differentially expressed in benign thyroid lesions and malignant thyroid lesions for the diagnosis and staging of thyroid cancer.