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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Ian Hugo Pike, Tonbridge, GB;
Malcolm Andrew Ward, Shefford, GB;
Darragh Patrick William O'brien, London, GB;
Inventors:
Ian Hugo Pike, Tonbridge, GB;
Malcolm Andrew Ward, Shefford, GB;
Darragh Patrick William O'Brien, London, GB;
Assignee:
Electrophoretics Limited, Coham Surrey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method of diagnosis of a spongiform encephalopathy in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a subject, which comprises detecting an increased proteolytic activity in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample from a control subject.