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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Ronald A. Depinho, Brookline, MA (US);
Giovanni Tonon, Milan, IT;
Kwok-kin Wong, Arlington, MA (US);
Lynda Chin, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald A. DePinho, Brookline, MA (US);
Giovanni Tonon, Milan, IT;
Kwok-Kin Wong, Arlington, MA (US);
Lynda Chin, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/70 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer.