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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Zachary Kaminsky, Baltimore, MD (US);
Holly Wilcox, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/154 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of biomarkers to predict suicide ideation and/or suicide attempt. In one embodiment, a method for predicting suicide ideation and/or attempt by a subject comprises the steps of (a) measuring the DNA methylation level of a CpG dinucleotide in the 3' untranslated region of SKA2; (b) identifying the genotype at a SNP within the 3′ UTR of SKA2, and (c) predicting suicide ideation and/or attempt by the subject using a prediction algorithm.