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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell E Rydel, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael S Dappen, San Bruno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Athena Neurosciences, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ; 435-6 ; 435325 ; 435375 ; 435377 ;
Abstract
The invention is drawn to a method for identifying agents that inhibit neural degeneration by administering to cell populations consisting essentially of neurons or cells from neuronal cell lines, where these cells are exposed to an apoptotic stimulus other than APP gene products, an agent, where it is determined whether the agent inhibits neural degeneration.