Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is now provided a method for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, which comprises subjecting a protein sample such as serum, cerebrospinal fluid or brain tissues containing amyloid deposits obtained from a patient suspected of suffering from an amyloidosis related disease to measurement of the amount of ubiquitin in said sample, and comparing the resulting amount with the amount of ubiquitin in a normal healthy patient. In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, which comprises subjecting a protein sample obtained from the brain extract or cerebrospinal fluid of a patient suspected of suffering from Alzheimer's disease to measurement of the amount of ubiquitin, and comparing the resulting amount with the amount of ubiquitin in a normal healthy patient.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for controlling undesirable vegetation, espelly velvetleaf by applying Colletotrichum coccodes spores onto the undesirable vegetation or onto the situs of the undesirable vegetation. The composition including the fungus spores in an agricultural carrier as well as the growing of the fungus on solid or liquid media are also disclosed. The spores germinate, infect the undesirable vegetation and result in a pathogenic disease which kills or reduces the growth of this undesirable plant.