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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barbara Cordell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Linda Slanec Higgins, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Scios Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; G01N 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; G01N 3/300 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods that can be used to identify &bgr;-amyloid reducing compounds. The present invention is based on the use of organotypic brain slice culturing methods to simultaneously assess the toxicity and &bgr;-amyloid reducing activity of a test compound.