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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:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Michael J. Mullan, Tampa, FL (US);
Terrence C. Town, Tampa, FL (US);
Jun Town Tan, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roskamp Research, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for assessing the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease (AD), for diagnosing AD, and for measuring the progression of AD in a patient by determining CD45 isoform expression of blood cells obtained from the patient. The methods of the invention include determining CD45 isoform expression by cytometric analysis, quantitative Western immunoblotting, or quantitative RT-PCR or combinations thereof.