Highlights of Recent Biomarker and Molecular Diagnostics Patents
Posted on: October 11, 2011
Highlights of recent US patents (issued) and US/WO(PCT) patent applications:
1. Agouti-related protein as a biomarker for schizophrenia
2. MMP-3 as a biomarker for major depressive disorder
3. ABCG2 and CD44 as colon cancer stem cell markers
4. Serum amyloid A (SAA) as a biomarker for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction
5. Molecular method for the detection of Candida albicans
6. Eotaxin-3 as a biomarker for eosinophilic esophagitis
7. Biomarkers of oxidative stress
8. SNP markers for determining the prognosis of a clinical response to antidepressants
9. Cell based assay for the diagnosing interstitial cystitis
10. IL-17 as a biomarker for predicting the efficacy of IFN-beta therapy in multiple sclerosis patients
11. Hypoxia-inducible protein 2 (HIG2) as a diagnostic biomarker for clear cell renal cell carcinoma
12. mGluR4 imaging markers for the diagnosis of CNS disorders
13. Benzothiazoles as diagnostic imaging biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease
14. EMT and tumor stem cell markers as surrogate markers to stratify breast cancer patients for personalized therapies
15. Soluble endoglin as a biomarker for diagnosing pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
16. Serum biomarker for the early on-set detection of a renal tubular cell injury
17. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease using a giant magnetoresistance sensor
18. Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of Down’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome using maternal plasma
19. Peripheral blood immune cell based method for diagnosing allergic asthma in patients
20. Biomarkers in the patient’s Bruch’s membrane for the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration
21. A panel of multiple serum biomarkers for the diagnosis of major depressive disorder
22. Apolipoprotein CIII as a diagnostic biomarker of type I diabetes
23. Beta arrestin 2 as a biomarker for the diagnosis of insulin resistance
24. A cell based method for diagnosing asthma
25. Prenatal diagnosis of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy
26. Personalized medicine approach for FOLFOX treatment in cancer patients
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