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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Xavier Lauth, San Diego, CA (US);

Mark E. Westerman, San Diego, CA (US);

Vaughn E. Ostland, La Quinta, CA (US);

Jason A. Stannard, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael W. Pennington, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Xavier Lauth, San Diego, CA (US);

Mark E. Westerman, San Diego, CA (US);

Vaughn E. Ostland, La Quinta, CA (US);

Jason A. Stannard, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael W. Pennington, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Intrinsic Lifesciences, La Jolla, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention provides compositions and methods for measuring human serum hepcidin levels. The invention provides methods for the oxidative refolding of a hepcidin polypeptide to a form that is mature, bioactive and folded as in the native configuration and molecular mass; a method for measuring the level of native, bioactive hepcidin in a vertebrate animal.


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