Patents Assigned to Molecular Therapetuics, Inc.
  • Promoter region for DNA sequences which encode the precursor of the human A4 amyloid protein
    Patent number: 5151508
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the promoter of the gene for the human precursor of the Alzheimer's Disease A4 amyloid protein (PAD gene).Another object of the present invention is the use of this promoter in a method of establishing a screening model for the Alzheimer's Disease. Thus the present invention is also related to a vector useful in the transfection of cells and the cells and animals transfected therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Molecular Therapetuics, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes M. H. Salbaum, Colin L. Masters, Konrad T. Beyreuter