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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. 09, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc E. Weksler, Paris, FR;
Paul Szabo, Linden, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/3542 ; C07K 1/600 ; A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/3542 ; C07K 1/600 ; A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for assessing risk of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder in a subject. The method comprises comparing a level of anti-&bgr;-amyloid-42 (A&bgr; ) antibody in a biological sample from a subject to a normal level, wherein a lower level in the biological sample from the subject indicates the risk of the disease or disorder. In a specific embodiment, the disease or disorder is Alzheimer's Disease (AD).