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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Julius Gudmundsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Patrick Sulem, Reykjavik, IS;
Inventors:
Julius Gudmundsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Patrick Sulem, Reykjavik, IS;
Assignee:
deCODE Genetics ehf., Reykjavik, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is characterized by certain genetic variants being susceptibility variants for prostate cancer. The invention relates to methods of determining increased susceptibility to prostate cancer, as well as methods of determining decreased susceptibility to prostate cancer, using such variants. The invention further relates to kits for determining a susceptibility to prostate cancer.