# Avi J. Ashkenazi — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Avi J. Ashkenazi has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Antibodies Can Force Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7807153/avastin-chemotherapy) — granted 2010
  Genentech's patent on specific antibodies that bind to the Apo-2 receptor to trigger programmed cell death in cancer cells.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/avi-j-ashkenazi

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