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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Juhani Saarinen, Helsinki, FI;
Jari Helin, Vantaa, FI;
Tero Satomaa, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Glykos Finland Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for diagnosing cancer in a biological sample by determining the presence of a LacdiNAc oligosaccharide sequence. The invention can be used for diagnostic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, cancer vaccines, and antigenic carbohydrate substances. The presence of cancer and malignancies is determined by contacting the biological sample with a reagent that binds to the oligosaccharide sequence. This same method can also be used in the treatment of cancer and malignancies.