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Title: Method for detecting and diagnosing disease caused by pathological protein aggregation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:20050620

A method is provided for detecting pathological macromolecules in a patient. The method is comprised of the following: obtaining body fluid from the patient; pretreating the body fluid; subjecting the pretreated body fluid to size-exclusion chromatography to create an excluded fluid; and analyzing the excluded fluid to detect macromolecules having a predetermined molecular weight. The method also allows for comparing elution spectra with reference spectra of suspect pathologic proteins.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
ANL; EDB-00:033226
Application Number:
Int. Cl. G01N 30/02; US 6,063,636/A/; 8-605,294; TRN: IM200024%%131
OSTI ID:
20050620
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 16 May 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English