Apparatus and method for drug screening
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1. A method for screening drug activity, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a baseline level of high integrity nucleic acid associated with a nucleic acid locus in a first sample obtained from a patient having a disease or at least one indicium of a disease, wherein the high integrity nucleic acid is derived from a genome of the patient and the disease comprises at least one of cancer, pre-cancer, a disease associated with apoptosis, and a disease associated with programmed cell death;
(b) treating the patient with a drug candidate; and
(c) determining whether the high integrity nucleic acid associated with the nucleic acid locus in a second sample obtained from the patient is reduced.
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Abstract
The present invention provides kits and methods for screening drugs and drug candidates for activity by determining the presence or absence of high integrity nucleic acid in a sample.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for screening drug activity, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a baseline level of high integrity nucleic acid associated with a nucleic acid locus in a first sample obtained from a patient having a disease or at least one indicium of a disease, wherein the high integrity nucleic acid is derived from a genome of the patient and the disease comprises at least one of cancer, pre-cancer, a disease associated with apoptosis, and a disease associated with programmed cell death;
(b) treating the patient with a drug candidate; and
(c) determining whether the high integrity nucleic acid associated with the nucleic acid locus in a second sample obtained from the patient is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25)
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18. A method for screening drug activity, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a baseline level of high integrity nucleic acid associated with a nucleic acid locus in a sample from a subject having a disease or at least one indicium of a disease, wherein the high integrity nucleic acid is derived from a genome of the subject and the disease comprises at least one of cancer, pre-cancer, a disease associated with apoptosis, and a disease associated with programmed cell death;
(b) treating the sample with a drug candidate; and
(c) determining whether high integrity nucleic acid associated with the nucleic acid locus in the sample is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 26)
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22. A method for screening drug activity, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a baseline level of high integrity nucleic acid associated with a n nucleic acid locus in a sample from an animal model of a disease or an animal model that displays at least one indicium of a disease, wherein the high integrity nucleic acid is derived from a genome of the animal model and the disease comprises at least one of cancer, pre-cancer, a disease associated with apoptosis, and a disease associated with programmed cell death;
(b) treating the animal model with a drug candidate; and
(c) determining whether the high integrity nucleic acid associated with the nucleic acid locus in a second sample obtained from the animal model is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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