Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to Mcm5. The invention further relates to compositions or kits comprising the antibodies, hybridomas capable of expressing the antibodies, polynucleotides, polypeptides and vectors coding for the antibodies and methods for making the antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to cancer prognostic and treatment protocols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to Mcm5. The invention further relates to compositions or kits comprising the antibodies, hybridomas capable of expressing the antibodies, polynucleotides, polypeptides and vectors coding for the antibodies and methods for making the antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods for determining the risk that a breast precursor lesion will progress to invasive breast cancer and/or the risk of recurrent non-invasive disease in a patient, comprising detecting the presence and/or level of PAPA and/or PAPPA functional activity in a breast tissue sample obtained from the patient, wherein if PAPPA is not present, or is present at a reduced amount compared to a control, the is the risk of progression to invasive cancer and/or the risk or recurrent disease. The present invention also enables the chemosensitisation of mitotically delayed breast cancer cells to anti-proliferative agents, preferably anti-mitotic agents, by restoring normal progression through mitosis. In this embodiment a first drug is applied to release breast cancer cells from the mitotic block and, sequentially, a second drug affecting proliferating cells is administered for cancer cell killing.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods for determining the risk that a breast precursor lesion will progress to invasive breast cancer and/or the risk of recurrent non-invasive disease in a patient, comprising detecting the presence and/or level of PAPPA and/or PAPPA functional activity in a breast tissue sample obtained from the patient, wherein if PAPPA is not present, or is present at a reduced amount compared to a control, there is the risk of progression to invasive cancer and/or the risk or recurrent disease. The present invention also enables the chemosensitisation of mitotically delayed breast cancer cells to anti-proliferative agents, preferably anti-mitotic agents, by restoring normal progression through mitosis. In this embodiment a first drug is applied to release breast cancer cells from the mitotic block and, sequentially, a second drug affecting proliferating cells is administered for cancer cell killing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a prognosis of progression of a cancer in a subject, a method for determining a treatment protocol for a subject having cancer or a method for determining efficacy of a therapeutic treatment of a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) assessing a level of a first biomarker selected from at least one of Mcm2-7 in a biological sample from the subject: and (b) assessing the level of a second biomarker selected from at least one of geminin, Aurora A, Plk1, Ki67 and H3S10ph in the biological sample from the subject, wherein the combination of the level of the first biomarker compared to a pre-determined value and the level of the second biomarker compared to a predetermined value is indicative of cancer progression in the subject or is indicative of the treatment regimen prescribed for the subject or is indicative of the efficacy of the therapeutic treatment.

Abstract: A compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein —X1, X2 and X3 are each independently where Y is an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group, each of which may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from alkyl, halo, CF3, OH, alkoxy, NH2, CN, NO2 and COOH; W is absent or is O, S or NH; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl and a protecting group Pi; R7, R8 and R9 are each independently selected from H, alkyl, halo, CF3, OH, alkoxy, CN, NO2 and COOH; —q is 1, 2, 3 or 4; q? is 0, 1, 2 or 3, where q+q? equals 4; p and r are each independently 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; p? and r? are each independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, where p+p? and r+r? each equal 5; and —n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a prognosis of progression of a cancer in a subject, a method for determining a treatment protocol for a subject having cancer or a method for determining efficacy of a therapeutic treatment of a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) assessing a level of a first biomarker selected from at least one of Mcm2-7 in a biological sample from the subject: and (b) assessing the level of a second biomarker selected from at least one of geminin, Aurora A, Plk1, Ki67 and H3S10ph in the biological sample from the subject, wherein the combination of the level of the first biomarker compared to a pre-determined value and the level of the second biomarker compared to a predetermined value is indicative of cancer progression in the subject or is indicative of the treatment regimen prescribed for the subject or is indicative of the efficacy of the therapeutic treatment.