Abstract: Provided herein is a novel human polyomavirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnosis the presence of the polyomavirus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 11, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 24, 2012
Assignees:
Washington University, Queensland Health
Inventors:
David Wang, Guang Wu, Anne Gaynor, Michael Nissen, Theo Sloots
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for profiling an individual or group of individuals with respect to a neurological, psychiatric or psychological condition, phenotype or state, including a sub-threshold neurological, psychiatric or psychological condition, phenotype or state. More particularly, the present invention identifies a genetic profile associated with the 957C>T polymorphysm within the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2), indicating a predisposition to schizophrenia and other neurological diseases.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 1, 2005
Publication date:
November 26, 2009
Applicants:
Queensland University Of Technology, The State Of Queensland (Queensland Health)
Inventors:
Charles Phillip Morris, Angela Van Daal, Christopher Dean Swagell, Bruce Robert Lawford, Ross McDonald Young