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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Perry J. Blackshear, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Perry J. Blackshear, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides glycated peptides and glycated fragments and glycated variants thereof, antibodies and aptamers which bind thereto, compositions and kits comprising the same, related conjugates, and a database comprising data indicating the concentration of glycated peptides present in diabetic and non-diabetic persons. The invention also provides a method of monitoring glycemic control, a method of treating or preventing diabetes, a method of preventing a complication of diabetes, a method of monitoring the status of diabetes, a method of determining the efficacy of a diabetes treatment, as well as methods of detecting diabetes or a predisposition thereto.