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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kathleen King, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 435 34 ; 435 405 ;
Abstract
An assay to test for hypertrophic activity in myocytes is described where wells are precoated with D-MEM/F-12 and fetal calf serum, plated with myocytes, cultured, and any change in size of the cells is determined. The growth medium may contain insulin, transferrin and aprotinin.