Abstract: A method for diagnosing and/or evaluating dementia severity in a subject suspected of having or having dementia is provided the method comprising: a) obtaining a test cell sample from the subject, b) assaying the test cell sample to determine a telomere organization signature of the test sample, the telomere organization signature comprising one or more parameters selected from: i) telomere aggregates; ii) telomere number; iii) telomere length and telomere number; iv) telomere aggregates, telomere length and telomere numbers; c) comparing the test cell sample telomere organization signature to a control or one or more predetermined reference signatures; and d) diagnosing whether the subject has dementia and/or the dementia severity according to the test sample telomere organization signature.
Abstract: The present application relates to a method of detecting and monitoring cancer or precancer in a cell using three-dimensional analysis to assess centromere organization. In addition, the application relates to a method and system for characterizing the 3D organization of centromeres.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2007
Date of Patent:
September 30, 2014
Assignee:
3D Signatures Inc.
Inventors:
Sabine Mai, Yuval Garini, Rahul Sarkar, Bartholomeus J. Vermolen