TTV miRNA SEQUENCES AS EARLY MARKER FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER AND AS TARGET FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

摘要

To provide: means (or markers) for diagnosis of cancer or diagnosis of a predisposition to the disease; and means for preventing cancer development and cancer recurrence by inhibiting a specific target.SOLUTION: Described are TTV miRNAs and probes and primers comprising part of the TTV miRNA polynucleic acid. The use of the compounds for diagnosis of cancer or predisposition of cancer is also described.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1