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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Owen M. Wolkowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Synthia H. Mellon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elissa S. Epel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jue Lin, Foster City, CA (US);
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Owen M. Wolkowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Synthia H. Mellon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elissa S. Epel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jue Lin, Foster City, CA (US);
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, San Francisco, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of determining whether a subject is a suitable candidate for an anti-depressant treatment to alleviate a mood disorder by measuring telomere length and telomerase activity. The present invention also provides methods of assessing the efficacy of an anti-depressant treatment to alleviate a mood disorder and of predicting whether a subject is at risk of developing depression.