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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Johan Hendrika Jozef Vingerhoets, Wijnegem, BE;
Lieve Emma Jan Michiels, Mol, BE;
Inge Dierynck, Antwerp, BE;
Inventors:
Johan Hendrika Jozef Vingerhoets, Wijnegem, BE;
Lieve Emma Jan Michiels, Mol, BE;
Inge Dierynck, Antwerp, BE;
Assignee:
Tibotec BVBA, , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/49 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 15/867 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and products for the evaluation of HIV treatment. The methods are based on evaluating molecular events at the HIV integrase resulting in altered therapeutic efficacy of the investigated compounds. The methods rely on providing an integrase gene and evaluating either through genotyping or phenotyping the integrase gene. The present invention relates to the fields of diagnostics, drug screening, pharmacogenetics and drug development.