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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Boris C. Bastian, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, Vancouver, CA;
Gregory S. Barsh, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Boris C. Bastian, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, Vancouver, CA;
Gregory S. Barsh, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignees:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of detecting mutations in a Gnaq gene in a melanocytic neoplasm for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The invention further provides methods of treating such melanocytic neoplasm by modulating the activity of the mutated Gnaq gene.