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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
George R. Simon, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
George R. Simon, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating oncological disorders in a person or animal using any agent or compound that inhibits uptake of glucose into a cell. The subject invention also concerns methods for inducing apoptosis and inhibiting the proliferation or survival of a cell. In one embodiment, the methods comprise administering an effective amount of an agent or compound that inhibits the activity of one or more glucose transporter proteins, such as Glut-1. An antibody that binds to and inhibits a glucose transporter protein can be used in the present methods.
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