Method for detecting cell proliferative disorders
CA 2410120 A1 · Owner: Sidransky, David · Inventors: Sidransky, David
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The present invention relates to the detection of a cell proliferative disorder associated, with alterations of microsatellite DNA in a sample. The microsatellite DNA can be, contained within any of a variety of samples such as urine, sputum, bile, stool, cervical tissue, saliva, tears or cerebral spinal fluid. The invention is a method to detect an allelic, imbalance by assaying microsatellite DNA. Allelic imbalance is detected by observing an, abnormality in an allele such as an increase or decrease in microsatellite DNA which is, at or corresponds to an allele. An increase can be detected as the appearance of a new, allele. In practicing the invention DNA amplification methods, …
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- Filed August 28, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 28, 2017.
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