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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin McKernan, Woburn, MA (US);
Richard Boles, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Coutagen Life Sciences, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and kits for treating and classifying individuals at risk of or suffering from a neurological and/or mitochondrial dysfunction or disorder. In general, the individuals are treated and/or classified based on the presence of a change-of-function mutation in nuclear DNA that encodes TNF receptor-associated protein 1 (TRAP1). Treatment involves the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an antioxidant.