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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
Rando L. Allikmets, Cornwall on Hudson, NY (US);
Gregory S. Hageman, Coralville, IA (US);
Michael C. Dean, Frederick, MD (US);
Albert M. Gold, Frederick, MD (US);
Rando L. Allikmets, Cornwall on Hudson, NY (US);
Gregory S. Hageman, Coralville, IA (US);
Michael C. Dean, Frederick, MD (US);
Albert M. Gold, Frederick, MD (US);
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods for identifying a subject at risk for developing AMD are disclosed, as are kits which can be used to practice the methods. The methods include identifying specific protective or risk polymorphisms or genotypes from the subject's genetic material, including polymorphisms in the BF, C2 and/or CFH genes. Microarrays and kits for use in these methods are also provided.