Means and method for predicting diabetes

US8216847B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Metanomics GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bianca Bethan · Berlin, DE
• Kristina Busch · Berlin, DE
• Jan C. Wiemer · Berlin, DE
• Martijn Gipmans · Potsdam, DE
• Edgar Leibold · Bischofswerda, DE
• Jochen Spranger · Kleinmachnow, DE
• Thomas Bobbert · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Pfeiffer · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/24
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes, comprising determining a metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to have a predisposition for diabetes and comparing the metabolite to a reference to diagnose the, predisposition for diabetes. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising the data collection. The present invention also relates to a system comprising methods or devices for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Additionally, diagnostic methods or devices comprising a metabolite and its use for manufacture of the diagnostic method or device for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes are provided, along with a method for identifying diabetes-related metabolites.