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To: Savant who wrote (2169)	11/24/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: The Prophet	Respond to of 3578

Not much action in the December Calls, so it's hard to figure this one out.

To: Savant who wrote (2169)	11/24/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: The Prophet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3578

Yowza! Here is the reason for the runup: patents.uspto.gov. United States Patent 5,989,807 West, et. al. Nov. 23, 1999 Detecting cancerous conditions by assaying for telomerase activity Abstract Methods and kits are provided for diagnosis of specific cancerous conditions. The invention features a method for diagnosis of a condition in a patient associated with an elevated level of telomerase activity within a cell. The method involves determining the presence or amount of telomerase within the cells in the patient, e.g. by the use of the polymerase chain reaction. In one embodiment of the invention, the condition associated with elevated telomerase activity is chosen from prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, renal cancer, ovarian/cervical cancer, lung cancer, and leukemia. The invention allows cancer to be detected even in tissues and cells which are not positive by pathology.