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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:
Dec. 15, 1998

Filed:

Oct. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Rachael L Neve, Belmont, MA (US);

Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Natick, MA (US);

Assignees:

The McLean Hospital Corporation, Belmont, MA (US);

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800-2 ; 800D / ; 424-91 ; 4351723 ; 935 60 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is a transgenic non-human mammal that expresses in its brain a transgene encoding an APP-C100 polypeptide with the flag amino acid sequence fused to the amino terminus of the APP-C100. This transgenic non-human mammal is an improved in vivo model for Alzheimer's disease-like neuropathology and associated cognitive impairment. The improvement includes accelerated development of AD-like neuropathology and cognitive impairment. The AD-like neurodegeneration and associated cognitive impairment in mice produced according to this invention appear at least six months sooner than they appear in APP-C100-expressing transgenic mice.


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