Patent ID: 7153506

Claim:
A method for in vivo targeting a molecule X to tumours or tumour cells which exhibit an overexpression of the product of a gene from the myc family, in a human having said tumour or tumour cells, said method comprising: a. providing an antiferritin monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof, said antibody or said fragment recognizing an epitope that is common to acidic and basic human ferritins, and has an affinity of more than 10 −9 mole/liter; b. coupling said antibody or fragment thereof to said molecule X to provide a coupling product; and, c. administering said coupling product to a human in vivo; wherein said, antiferritin monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof targets molecule X to said tumour or tumour cells which exhibit an overexpression of the product of a gene from the myc family via binding of said monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof to said tumour or tumour cells.