The University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,637,254) developed by Douglas D. Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and Cicek Gercel-Taylor, Louisville, Ky., for an “exosome-associated microRNA as a diagnostic marker.”
Abstract
The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods of diagnosis of cancer or adverse pregnancy outcomes in a subject by measuring amounts of one or more RNAs present in cancer-derived exosomes isolated from a biological sample from the subject.
Publication number | US8637254 B2 |
Publication type | Grant |
Application number | US 12/711,499 |
Publication date | Jan 28, 2014 |
Filing date | Feb 24, 2010 |
Priority date | Jul 25, 2007 |
Also published as | US20090239630, US20100151480, US20120238467 |
Inventors | Douglas D. Taylor, Cicek Gercel-Taylor |
Original Assignee | University Of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. |
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