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US 8,476,074 B1Granted
Specific gene polymorphisms in breast cancer diagnosis, prevention and treatment
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsJuhua Zhou, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash Nagarkatti
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Abstract
A method for detecting a predisposition to breast cancer in a subject is provided. The method includes detecting in a biological sample from the subject one or more polymorphisms in the sequence of CD44 gene. The presence of one or more polymorphisms in the sequence of CD44 gene indicates that the subject has a predisposition for developing breast cancer.
Claims8
A diagnostic kit for identifying a predisposition to breast cancer in a subject, the diagnostic kit comprising a forward primer SEQ ID NO:
- 1 and a reverse primer SEQ ID NO:
- 2 for amplifying at least a region of the CD44 exon2 gene from a biological sample of a subject according to a polymerase chain reaction, and packaging material.
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