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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
David Whitcomb, Allison Park, PA (US);
Garth D. Ehrlich, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael C. Gorry, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for determining whether a human patient is susceptible to hereditary pancreatitis. The method comprises the steps of obtaining nucleic acid from the human patient. Then there is the step of checking the nucleic acid for a mutation that indicates hereditary pancreatitis. A primer which reacts with a human trypsinogen gene to identify hereditary pancreatitis. A method for detecting in a human a mutation in a trypsinogen gene indicative of hereditary pancreatitis. The invention comprises the steps of obtaining a sample having DNA of the patient. Then there is the step of processing the sample so the DNA will be recognized by a desired restriction enzyme. Next there is the step of introducing the desired restriction enzyme to the DNA wherein the recognizing of the desired restriction enzyme to the DNA indicates the presence of the mutation.