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Galectin-3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs4644 Predicts Human Cancer Risk Associated with Racial Disparity
This invention is a new diagnostic tool which allows prediction of cancer risk based on a single nucleotide polymorphism of a gene whose protein is over-expressed in various cancers. The polymorphism results in a single amino acid change. DNA analysis demonstrated that 98% of cancer patients tested had the mutation while normal donors did not....
Published: 3/31/2014   |   Inventor(s): Avraham Raz, Pratima NangiA-Maker, Vitaly Balan
Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Cancer, Cancer risk, Diagnostics
Category(s): Diagnostic, Life Science, Oncology
A Diagnostic Marker for Matrix Metalloprotease (MMP)-2 and -9 Activity in Cancer Tissue
This invention is a method for the identification of MMP enzyme activity in tissue. MMPs are involved in tumor progression and therefore are targets for anti-cancer drug therapies. However, most drug therapies directed at inhibition of MMPs have failed, in part, because there is no reliable biomarker to determine MMP activity in tissue. This invention...
Published: 3/31/2014   |   Inventor(s): Avraham Raz, Rafael Fridman, Pratima NangiA-Maker
Keywords(s): Biomarker, Cancer, Diagnostics, Enzyme, Method
Category(s): Diagnostic, Life Science, Oncology