PROBE BASED ANALYSIS OF HETEROZYGOUS MUTATIONS USING TWO-COLOR LABELLING
US Patent 6,013,449
Filed on 1997-11-26
Filed on 1997-11-26
For the development of gene therapy as a clinically useful procedure for training genetic diseases.
Awardee
National Human Genome Research Institute
Currently, there are no FDA-approved therapies for Niemann-Pick disease type-C1 (NPC). NPC is a rare lethal genetic lysosomal storage disorder that results in an accumulation of cholesterol in the liver and spleen and eventually leads to neurodegeneration. 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) is a cyclodextrin typically used by the pharmaceutical industry as an excipient. Studies of NPC in animal models have shown that HPβCD can reduce the biochemical burden associated with NPC, improving neurological pathology, decreasing neurological dysfunction, and increasing lifespan.