Patent Document ID: 9581604
Application ID: 13880475
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for evaluating an effect of a candidate on a desmosterol level and an amyloid beta level in blood, the method comprising: measuring a desmosterol level and an amyloid beta level in blood of a human or nonhuman animal; administering a candidate to the human or non-human animal; measuring a desmosterol level and an amyloid beta level in blood of the human or nonhuman animal after the candidate is administered; and determining whether the desmosterol level in blood of the human or non-human animal after the candidate is administered is higher than the level before the candidate is administered, and the Aβx-42 or Aβx-42/Aβx-40 level in blood of the human or non-human animal after the candidate is administered is higher than that before the candidate is administered.