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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2021
Applicant:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Lakhmir S. Chawla, McLean, VA (US);
Timothy A. McCaffrey, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); G01N 33/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); G01N 33/566 (2013.01); G01N 33/84 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01); G01N 2800/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and kits for diagnosing and/or treating appendicitis in a subject, comprising obtaining a biological sample rom said subject; detecting RNA expression levels of at least three or more biomarkers in the biological sample and comparing the expression levels of said at least three or more biomarkers to a control sample wherein an increase or decrease in the level of expression of said at least three or more biomarkers as compared to the control sample is indicative of appendicitis.