Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving viable micro-organism
Patent
1995-11-30
1998-12-08
Leary, Louise
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving viable micro-organism
435 4, 435 721, 435 723, 435 724, 436 63, 436 64, 436805, C12Q 102, C12Q 100, G01N 3353, G01N 3348
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ABSTRACT:
A method for diagnosing autoimmune disease in mammals, including humans, is described. A blood sample is collected from a subject, and mononuclear white blood cells separated therefrom. The mononuclear cells then are cultured in vitro. Patients with autoimmune disease develop characteristic white cell aggregates with autophagocytosis in the culture. Mononuclear cells from normal patients do not exhibit this cell aggregation with autophagocytosis.
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His Excellency Ghassan I. Shaker
Leary Louise
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