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Yeast screens for treatment of human disease
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- 1. University of Chicago
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Description
Screening methods for identifying substances that provide therapeutic value for various diseases associated with protein misfolding are provided. Genetic and chemical screening methods are provided using a yeast system. The methods of the invention provide a rapid and cost-effective method to screen for compounds that prevent protein misfolding and/or protein fibril formation and/or protein aggregation which includes numerous neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease as well as non-neuronal diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
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- Patent application number
- US 7758402 A
- Patent number
- US 7045290 B2
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:9032
Dates
- Patent filed
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2002-02-15