Abstract: A method of diagnosing a disease associated with a DNA repeat sequence is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) determining the number of repeats of a DNA sequence in DNA molecules of a sample of the subject; and (b) determining the CpG methylation status of the DNA molecules, wherein the number of repeats of the DNA sequence and the CpG methylation status of the DNA molecules is indicative of the disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignees:
Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aaachen
Inventors:
Yuval Ebenstein, Elmar Weinhold, Assaf Grunwald, Tslil Gabrieli