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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Paul J. Muchowski, Kenmore, WA (US);
Susan L. Lindquist, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Tiago Outeiro, Lisbon, PT;
Inventors:
Paul J. Muchowski, Kenmore, WA (US);
Susan L. Lindquist, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Tiago Outeiro, Lisbon, PT;
Assignees:
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/04 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of screening candidate agents to identify lead compounds for the development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease and methods for identifying a mutation in, or changes in expression of, a gene associated with neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease, are provided.