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

Patent Application ·
OSTI ID:555410

A method is provided for detecting pathological macromolecules in a patient, comprising 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 Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
US Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A8282473
Application Number:
ON: DE97009528; PAN: 8-282,473; TRN: AHC29802%%60
OSTI ID:
555410
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English