METHYLATION MARKERS FOR CANCER

• Main Authors: HARVEY, JEANNE, MUNNES, MARC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.01.2010
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention is directed toward methods useful in the diagnosis of cancers such as colorectal cancer. Such methods can also be useful in determining the susceptibility to or the stage of cancer. The invention discloses CpG sites in the PERl, ZNF 145, and MN/CA6 genes that are differentially...