Novel class of cytodifferentiating agents and histone deacetylase inhibitors, and methods of use thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SLOAN KETTERING INST FOR CANCER RES
- Publication Date
- 2007-01-11
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 645,430, filed Aug. 24, 2000 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 208,688 filed Jun. 1, 2000 and U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 152,755; filed Sep. 8, 1999.
[0002] Throughout this application various publications are referenced by Arabic numerals within parentheses. Full citation for these publications may be found at the end of the specification immediately preceding the claims. The disclosures of these publications in their entireties are hereby incorporated by reference into this application in order to more fully describe the state of the art to which this invention pertains.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Cancer is a disorder in which a population of cells has become, in varying degrees, unresponsive to the control mechanisms which normally govern proliferation and differentiation. A recent approach to cancer therapy has been to attempt induction of terminal...