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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Lisa A. Paige, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Matthew W. Mitchell, Durham, NC (US);
Anne Evans, Durham, NC (US);
Don Harvan, Durham, NC (US);
Kay A. Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Brown, Needham, MA (US);
Merit Cudkowicz, Newton, MA (US);
Lisa A. Paige, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Matthew W. Mitchell, Durham, NC (US);
Anne Evans, Durham, NC (US);
Don Harvan, Durham, NC (US);
Kay A. Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Brown, Needham, MA (US);
Merit Cudkowicz, Newton, MA (US);
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides various biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of ALS, methods of determining predisposition to ALS, methods of monitoring progression/regression of ALS, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating ALS, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of ALS, methods of treating ALS, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of ALS.