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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Bianca Bethan, Berlin, DE;
Kristina Busch, Berlin, DE;
Jan C Wiemer, Berlin, DE;
Martijn Gipmans, Potsdam, DE;
Edgar Leibold, Berlin, DE;
Jochen Spranger, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Thomas Bobbert, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Bianca Bethan, Berlin, DE;
Kristina Busch, Berlin, DE;
Jan C Wiemer, Berlin, DE;
Martijn Gipmans, Potsdam, DE;
Edgar Leibold, Berlin, DE;
Jochen Spranger, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Thomas Bobbert, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes, comprising determining a metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to have a predisposition for diabetes and comparing the metabolite to a reference to diagnose the, predisposition for diabetes. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising the data collection. The present invention also relates to a system comprising methods or devices for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Additionally, diagnostic methods or devices comprising a metabolite and its use for manufacture of the diagnostic method or device for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes are provided, along with a method for identifying diabetes-related metabolites.