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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:
Dec. 07, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2003
Applicants:

Edward Faeldt, Backefors, SE;

Luis Serrano, Heidelberg, DE;

Cayetano Gonzalez, Madrid, ES;

Christian Boulin, Weisloch, DE;

Christopher J. Cummings, Brookline, MA (US);

Juan Botas, Houston, TX (US);

Huda Zoghbi, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Edward Faeldt, Backefors, SE;

Luis Serrano, Heidelberg, DE;

Cayetano Gonzalez, Madrid, ES;

Christian Boulin, Weisloch, DE;

Christopher J. Cummings, Brookline, MA (US);

Juan Botas, Houston, TX (US);

Huda Zoghbi, Houston, TX (US);

Assignees:

Vitruvean LLC, Watertown, MA (US);

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for screening for the effect of a test agent on a population of biological specimens, preferably insects, comprising the steps of providing a population of specimens, administering at least one test agent to the population, creating a digitized movie showing the movements of members of the population, measuring at least one trait of members of the population, and correlating the traits of the population with the effect of the test agent. The invention also provides a method for preparing a medicament useful for the treatment of a mammalian disease.


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