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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Steven Farber, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael Pack, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Marnie Halpern, Pikesville, MD (US);
Steven Farber, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael Pack, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Marnie Halpern, Pikesville, MD (US);
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention utilizes fluorescent lipids, particularly quenched phospholipid or cholesterol analogues, to facilitate screening for phenotypes representing perturbations of lipid and/or cholesterol processing in a vertebrate; screening for genetic mutations that lead to disorders of phospholipid and/or cholesterol metabolism; and screening of compounds designed to treat disorders of phospholipid and/or cholesterol metabolism in the vertebrate.