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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993

Filed:

Mar. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Gerald T Nepom, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Barbara S Nepom, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

Genetic Systems Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-721 ; 435-724 ; 435-79 ; 435948 ; 436506 ; 436518 ; 436530 ; 436531 ; 436548 ; 436800 ; 436804 ; 436809 ; 436811 ; 436821 ; 935110 ;
Abstract

Methods for identifying individuals at increased risk of diabetes are disclosed. The methods disclosed utilize the discovery of the DQw3.2 variant, which identifies a specific allelic polymorphism at a sinle gene locus. One preferred method utilizes a labeled probe to detect the DQw3.2 allele. This method involves estimating the size of the hybridizable DNA fragment generated by a specific restriction endonuclease and therefrom determining the presence of the allele. A second preferred method involves the serologic detection of the DQw3.2 allele. Within this method, immunocomplexes formed between two different MAb's and separate portions of a cell collection are detected and the presence or absence of the allele determined.


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