Antibodies as a cancer diagnostic Antibodies as a cancer diagnostic

Method and kits are provided for the detection and diagnosis of metastatic disease. More particularly, the methods and kits employ compounds that can detect EphA2, a specific epithelial cell tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in metastatic tumor cells. In one embodiment the compound is an antibod...

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Main Authors MICHAEL SCOTT KINCH MICHAEL SCOTT KINCH, KATHERINE E. KILPATRICK KATHERINE E. KILPATRICK, NICOLE DODGE ZANTEK NICOLE DODGE ZANTEK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.06.2007
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PEPTIDES
PHYSICS
PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
TESTING
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:Method and kits are provided for the detection and diagnosis of metastatic disease. More particularly, the methods and kits employ compounds that can detect EphA2, a specific epithelial cell tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in metastatic tumor cells. In one embodiment the compound is an antibody capable of binding to an epitope of EphA2.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20000067843