Breast cancer biomarker and drug target

Summary The invention provides a novel chloride channel protein found in human breast cancer cells. That protein, called Mat-8, serves as a useful diagnostic reagent for the detection of breast cancer. The Mat-8 protein is useful as a therapeutic target for the treatment of breast cancer.

Nucleic acids that encode Mat-8, as well as cell-based Mat-8 compositions, are protected by U.S. Patent No, which is available for field-exclusive license for the sale of human diagnostic products and services and for non-exclusive license for internal research and drug development uses.

Applications Breast cancer diagnostic and drug target; research reagent.

Patents:
US 5,728,579

Inventor(s): Leder, Philip

Type of Offer: Licensing



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