Fetal testing for prediction of low birth weight

US6733967B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Interleukin Genetics, Inc. · US
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Inventors

• Kenneth S. Kornman · San Antonio, US
• Gordon W. Duff · Sheffield, GB
• Steven Offenbacher · Chapel Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2000
• Grant date: May 11, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q2600/172
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods, assays and kits are disclosed for detecting a mother's or a fetus's susceptibility to an adverse pregnancy outcome such as low birth weight. The methods comprise obtaining a biological sample from a patient and determining the presence or absence of an IL-1 allele 2 of a marker that is associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome.