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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. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Paul J. Muchowski, Kenmore, WA (US);
Susan L. Lindquist, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Tiago Outeiro, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Muchowski, Kenmore, WA (US);
Susan L. Lindquist, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Tiago Outeiro, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignees:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of screening candidate agents to identify lead compounds for the development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease and methods for identifying a mutation in, or changes in expression of, a gene associated with neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease, are provided.