Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Ivor R. Elriri, Esq.
  • Fetal testing for prediction of low birth weight
    Patent number: 6733967
    Abstract: Methods, assays and kits are disclosed for detecting a mother's or a fetus's susceptibility to an adverse pregnancy outcome such as low birth weight. The methods comprise obtaining a biological sample from a patient and determining the presence or absence of an IL-1 allele 2 of a marker that is associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignees: Interleukin Genetics, Inc., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Kornman, Gordon W. Duff, Steven Offenbacher