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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Methods for in vivo identification of cancer initiating cells by multimodality reporter gene imaging
Applicants:
Yi-jang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Shiau-yi Wang, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Yi-Jang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Shiau-Yi Wang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
NATIONAL YANG-MING UNIVERSITY, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61K 51/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2013.01); A61K 49/0008 (2013.01); A61K 51/00 (2013.01); A61K 51/0491 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for detecting cancer initiating cells in living animal body by multimodality reporter gene imaging. In the method of this invention, cells escaping from cell loss during tumor enlargement are identified as cancer initiating cells.