Patents Assigned to His Excellency Ghassan I. Shaker
  • Method for diagnosing autoimmune diseases
    Patent number: 5846758
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing autoimmune disease in mammals, including humans, is described. A blood sample is collected from a subject, and mononuclear white blood cells separated therefrom. The mononuclear cells then are cultured in vitro. Patients with autoimmune disease develop characteristic white cell aggregates with autophagocytosis in the culture. Mononuclear cells from normal patients do not exhibit this cell aggregation with autophagocytosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: His Excellency Ghassan I. Shaker
    Inventor: Rajko D. Medenica