Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer
  • Method of diagnosing poor survival prognosis colon cancer using miR-103-2
    Patent number: 8338104
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancers. In particular, the present invention provides diagnostics and prognostics for colon (including colon adenocarcinoma) cancer patients, wherein the methods related to measuring miR levels can predict poor survival. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: The Ohio State University Research Foundation, The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Curtis C. Harris, Aaron J. Schetter
  • Method of diagnosing poor survival prognosis colon cancer using microRNA-21
    Patent number: 8084199
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: The Ohio State University Research Foundation, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Curtis C. Harris, Aaron J. Schetter