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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
M Alexandra Glucksmann, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 514 44 ; 800-2 ;
Abstract
Assays for determining whether a subject has or is at risk for developing type II diabetes, which are based on detecting the presence or absence of alterations in the hepatic nuclear factor 1 (HNF-1) gene or protein of the subject are disclosed.