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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Nicholas Katsanis, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Helene Dollfus, Strasbourg, FR;
Corinne Stoetzel, Segersheim, FR;
Erica E. Davis, Parkville, MD (US);
Philip L. Beales, London, GB;
Jean-louis Mandel, Schiltigheim, FR;
Richard Alan Lewis, Houston, TX (US);
Nicholas Katsanis, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Helene Dollfus, Strasbourg, FR;
Corinne Stoetzel, Segersheim, FR;
Erica E. Davis, Parkville, MD (US);
Philip L. Beales, London, GB;
Jean-Louis Mandel, Schiltigheim, FR;
Richard Alan Lewis, Houston, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of a gene, designated BBS1O, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS, also are described.