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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:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Applicants:
BO Niklasson, S-114 53 Stockholm, SE;
Åke Lernmark, S-216 11 Limhamn, SE;
Inventors:
Bo Niklasson, S-114 53 Stockholm, SE;
Åke Lernmark, S-216 11 Limhamn, SE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 67/00 (2006.01); A01K 67/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an animal model for diabetes and a method for obtaining said animal model. The invention also relates to the uses of the animal model for screening for or testing compounds for treating or preventing diabetes symptoms. The invention further relates to an assay for determining an individual's susceptibility to developing diabetes. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules isolated from Ljungan virus and to polypeptides encoded by any portion of said nucleic acid molecule.