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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Claudio DE Simone, Ardea RM, IT;
Inventor:
Claudio De Simone, Ardea RM, IT;
Assignee:
VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An analytical fluorometric method and a kit for use in such method are disclosed for assessing the presence of alkaline sphingomyelinase (SMase) in the stool of a patient in need of such an assessment since alkaline SMase is a marker of serious pathological states, such as colon cancer.