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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:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Akira Sawa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventor:
Akira Sawa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignees:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Rusk Intellectual Reserve AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01); G01N 33/542 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for diagnosing or predicting susceptibility to a psychiatric disorder in an individual, which comprises confirming molecular diversity and/or subcellular distribution of DISC 1 in the cell from the individual. In addition, a novel risk haplotype of DISC1 for psychiatric disorder is also provided.