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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Marcella Devoto, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Katia Sol-church, Wilmington, DE (US);
Loretta D. Spotila, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Marcella Devoto, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Katia Sol-Church, Wilmington, DE (US);
Loretta D. Spotila, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Nemours Foundation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing risk of low BMD and risk of osteoporosis based on the detection of SNP identity for human chromosome 1p36 polymorphisms designated in the NCBI SNP database (dbSNP) as rs2794328, rs446529, rs397559 and rs1802353.