Friday, December 31, 2010

(WO/2010/083327) MEASURING LEVELS OF FRATAXIN

PATENT, WO/2010/083327, PCT/US2010/021067

MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (US), OGLESBEE, Devin; (US),
MATERN, Dietrich; (US), ISAYA, Grazia; (US).

A method for assessing levels of a frataxin polypeptide in a mammal.

This document relates to methods and materials involved in measuring levels of a frataxin polypeptide present in a biological sample. For example, methods and materials related to the use of anti-frataxin antibody-bound microspheres and biotinylated anti-frataxin antibodies to measure the levels of a frataxin polypeptide in a biological sample from a mammal (e.g., a newborn human) are provided.