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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, CN;
Inventors:
Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Hong Kong, CN;
Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Hong Kong, CN;
Rebecca Wing Yan Chan, Hong Kong, CN;
Assignee:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); Y10T 436/143333 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a new method for detecting or monitoring a liver disease in a subject that has no indication of any liver pathologies, by measuring the amount of concentration of albumin mRNA in an acellular blood sample from the subject, and then comparing the amount or concentration of albumin mRNA with a standard control.