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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:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Justin Mccarthy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Barbara Cordell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Justin McCarthy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Barbara Cordell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
SCIOS, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/68 ; G01N033/53 ; C12N015/63 ; C12N015/85 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods and means for identifying inhibitors of neuronal degeneration, and their use in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. In particular the invention concerns methods and means for identifying inhibitors of neuronal degeneration or cell death by taking advantage of the involvement of presenilin (PS) and Par-4 in NF-κB activation.