Patents Assigned to Rappaport Family Institute for Research Research in the Medical Sciences
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SEMAPHORINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANGIOGENESIS RELATED DISEASES AND METHODS OF SELECTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100247516
    Abstract: A method of selecting a semaphorin for treating cancer in a subject is disclosed. The method comprises determining an expression of a semaphorin receptor on tumor cells of a tumor sample of the subject wherein an amount of the semaphorin receptor is indicative of the semaphorin suitable for treating the cancer in the subject. Methods of treating angiogenesis, kits for treating cancer and pharmaceutical compositions comprising semaphorins are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Rappaport Family Institute for Research Research in the Medical Sciences
    Inventors: Gera Neufeld, Boaz Kigel, Ofra Kessler, Asya Varshavsky