US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Battelle Memorial Institute

Alan W Zulich

Charles Harold Wick

Jacek P Dworzanski

Michael F Stanford

Patrick E McCubbin

Samir V Deshpande

Rabih E Jabbour

Norman R Gordon

Lloyd L King

Peter O Jackson

A process is provided for identifying a cell type in a sample that includes identification of one or more peptide sequences in the sample. Each peptide sequence is assigned to a protein of known sequence. A matrix of assignments is generated for the presence or absence of each peptide in one or more cells. The matrix of assignments is rearranged according to cell classification. A cell type based on the most probable cell classification is identified.

Methods for detection and identification of cell type

A sampling apparatus is provided for sampling substances from solid surfaces. The apparatus includes first and second elongated tubular bodies which telescopically and sealingly join relative to one another. An absorbent pad is mounted to the end of a rod which is slidably received through a passageway in the end of one of the joined bodies. The rod is preferably slidably and rotatably received through the passageway, yet provides a selective fluid tight seal relative thereto. A recess is formed in the rod. When the recess and passageway are positioned to be coincident, fluid is permitted to flow through the passageway and around the rod. The pad is preferably laterally orientable relative to the rod and foldably retractable to within one of the bodies. A solvent is provided for wetting of the pad and solubilizing or suspending the material being sampled from a particular surface.

Sampling apparatus

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Bel Air, MD, United States of America

Alan W Zulich