Abstract:
A Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide-containing glycopeptide purified from cod fish of approximately 100 kDa (designated TFD100) and methods of using the same in the suppression of cancer metastasis is disclosed.
Abstract:
A method and assay are described for determining prostate cancer and the general stage of progression of such cancer by quantifying levels of expression of different galectin isoforms and/or different levels of promoter methylation of such galectin isoforms.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to oligonucleotides used as amplification primers and assay probes for species-specific detection and identification of the protozoan Perkinsus in shellfish. The oligonucleotides are designed to preferentially hybridize to what has been found to be a species-unique sequence in the target organism's genome. Preferential hybridization means, for example, that the inventive primers amplify the target sequence in P. marinus with little or no detectable amplification of target sequences of other species of protozoa such as P. atlanticus thereby making the assay species specific.
Abstract:
A Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide-containing glycopeptide purified from cod fish of approximately 100 kDa (designated TFD100) and methods of using the same in the suppression of cancer metastasis is disclosed.