Patent ID: 6300085
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: C07K,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for assaying a sample of viable cells from a patient for the presence of Alzheimer's disease, said method comprising the steps of:i) assaying said sample with a bombesin Alzheimer's disease diagnostic test, wherein a score of 0 indicates the absence of Alzheimer's disease and a score of -0.5 or -1.0 indicates the presence of Alzheimer's disease;ii) assaying said sample with a bombesin Alzheimer's disease diagnostic test, wherein a score of 0 indicates the absence of Alzheimer's disease and a score of -0.5 or -1.0 indicates the presence of Alzheimer's disease; andiii) adding the scores obtained from said bradykinin and a bombesin Alzheimer's disease diagnostic tests, wherein a negative value indicates the presence of Alzheimer's disease and a positive value indicates the absence of Alzheimer's disease.