Diagnostics
Method for the determination of biological age in human beings
Patent inventors: Alexander BÜRKLE, Michael BERTHOLD, Michael JUNK, Maria MORENO-VILLANUEVA, Jürgen BERNHARDT, María BLASCO, Mercedes GALLARDO, Jan H. J.HOEIJMAKERS, Olivier TOUSSAINT, Beatrix GRUBECK-LOEBENSTEIN, Eugenio MOCCHEGIANI, Marco MALAVOLTA, Sebastiano COLLINO, Sofia MOCO, Efstathios S GONOS, Ewa Sikora, Daniela GRADINARU, Martijn DOLLÉ, Peter KRISTENSEN, Helen GRIFFITHS, Claude LIBERT, Tilman GRUNE, Nicolle BREUSING, Claudio FRANCESCHI, Andreas SIMM, Paola CAIAFA, Bertrand FRIGUET, Antti HERVONEN, Richard ASPINALL

The present invention relates to methods for the determination of the biological age of a human being. This method is based on the findings of a multinational study screening for biomarkers of aging in humans.

European patent was granted. Nencki Institute is the co-owner of the applicable rights with: BioTeSys GmbH, Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III, Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, Université de Namur, Universität Innsbruck, Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani (INCRA), Nestec S.A., National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institutut National de Gerontologie si Geriatrie Ana Aslan, RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU, Aarhus Universitet, Aston University, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Universität Hohenheim, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita Di Bologna, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitŕ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Tampereen Yliopisto, Cranfield University.

The inventor associated with the Nencki Institute is Prof. Ewa Sikora.

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Application number:
EP 14712601.5 (20 Mar 2014) PCT/EP2014/000761 (20 Mar 2014)
Patent number:
EP 2976433 (31 Jan 2018)
Patent status:
pending