Patents Assigned to Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Nine Cambrideg Center
  • METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF AGENTS TARGETING CANCER STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20110191868
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying compounds and compositions that target cancer stem cells. In some aspects, the invention relates to treatment methods that use compounds and compositions that specifically target cancer stem cells for inhibiting the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells in a subject in need thereof. Other aspects of the invention relate to the use of cancer stem cell biomarkers in the selection of a treatment for inhibiting the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Nine Cambrideg Center
    Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Tamer T. Onder, Eric S. Lander, Robert Weinberg, Sendurai Mani, Mai-Jing Liao