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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. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard P Guarente, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Nicanor Austriaco, Jr, Somerville, MA (US);
Brian Kennedy, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ;
Abstract
Methods of isolating mutant yeast cells with increased life span, as well as mutant yeast cells isolated by the methods, are disclosed. Also described are methods of identifying agents which increase life span of yeast cells, and methods of isolating genes which affect senescence in organisms.