Mouse Model and Cell Lines Useful for Screening Compounds for Metastasis

Boston College
posted on 07/09/2009

The invention is a new mouse model of cancer metastasis useful for evaluating potential therapies for tumor management. The invention identifies three new spontaneously arising tumors in the inbred VM/Dk mouse strain; cell lines were derived from these tumors.

Suggested Uses

• Screening compounds to determine their effectiveness in inhibiting metastasis

Advantages

• First mouse model that mimics human metastasis

Innovation Details

File Number: 2005.023/sey

Disease: Cancer

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