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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Blake Alan Rowe, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Steven Siegel, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Lee Wagner, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-91 ; 435-71 ; 435-792 ;
Abstract
Methods for identifying compounds that can be used for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for monitoring the progression of these diseases, and for monitoring therapeutic intervention of these diseases are provided. These methods are effected by determining the relative amount of .alpha.-sAPP and the ratio of .alpha.-sAPP to total sAPP in body fluids, tissues or in cell culture.