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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin L Wolozin, Columbia, MD (US);
Hayden G Coon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-721 ; 435325 ; 435368 ; 436503 ; 436 63 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a culture of human olfactory neurons. The neurons may display a normal neuronal pathology or a pathology characteristic of a generalized central nervous system disease. The cultured neurons can be used for neurotoxicity tests, screening for therapeutic drugs and anti-viral agents, and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.