Patent 7423114 was granted and assigned to McGill on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides ligands of ganglioside GD2, including peptide ligands such as GGITNYNSALM; YCGGITNYNSACY; YCITNYNSCY; YCGGITNYNCY; YCTNYGVHCY; YCTNYGVCY; GGIANYNTS; YCGGIANYNCY; YCGGIANYNTSCY; and, YCIANYNTCY. GD2 ligands of the invention may for example be used to treat or diagnose diseases such as cancers in which cells express GD2, including neuroblastomas.