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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Dermtech, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sherman H. Chang, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
DERMTECH, INC., La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); G16B 35/00 (2019.01); G16C 20/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 1/68 (2013.01); G16B 35/00 (2019.02); G16C 20/60 (2019.02); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing melanoma and/or solar lentigo in a subject by analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing melanoma from solar lentigo and/or dysplastic nevi and/or normal pigmented skin. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample.