Visible Genetics Inc.

Mcmaster University

Advanced Theranostics Inc.

James B Mahony

Alan W Seadler

Timothy D Kierstead

Sylvia Chong

Bernard Lim

Hao Chen

David C Bulir

Christopher Stone

Mark Costa

Christopher B Stone

A fully integrated and disposable point-of-care device for detecting a target nucleic acid is provided. The device comprises: an extraction chamber adapted to receive a biological sample, wherein said extraction chamber comprises means to extract and lyse the sample to release nucleic acid; a first amplification chamber in communication with the extraction chamber, wherein said amplification chamber comprises means to trigger nucleic acid amplification of a target nucleic acid sequence to occur; and a detection chamber in communication with the amplification chamber, wherein said detection chamber comprises means to detectably label the target nucleic acid and means to detect a signal associated with labeled target nucleic acid, or a single chamber for amplification, detection and identification of multiple nucleic acid sequences.

Fully integrated hand-held device to detect specific nucleic acid sequences

Cpn0803, CopB (Cpn0809) and CopD (Cpn0808) proteins and homologues thereof are shown to induce an immune response that is protective against a live challenge with. Methods and uses of Cpn0803 or fragments or epitopes thereof alone or together with CopB and/or CopD or fragments or epitopes thereof for treating or preventing chlamydial infection in a subject in need thereof are provided.

Type III secretion injectisome proteins for treatment and prevention of chlamydial infections

The present invention is directed to a method of determining the genotype of a human papilomavirus in a sample by amplifying a portion of the L1 open reading frame of human papilomavirus genome with the amplification primer having SEQ ID NO:2, the sequencing primer having SEQ ID NO:3 and an additional sequencing primer specific to HPV51 having SEQ ID NO:5.

Method, reagent and kit for genotyping human papilloma virus

This sequence of human papillomavirus present in a sample is determined by amplifying a portion of the L1 open reading frame of human papillomavirus genome to form L1 amplicons containing plus and minus amplified strands using MY09 and MY11 amplification primers, and then determining the positions of at least the A bases in the antisense amplicon using a consensus sequencing primer which is shifted six bases with respect to the MY09 primer (MY09-6). This primer has the sequence ARRGGAWACT GATCWARDTC (Seq. ID No. 3).

Method, reagent and kit for genotyping of human papillomavirus

The sequence of human papillomavirus present in a sample is determined by amplifying a portion of the L1 open reading frame of human papillomavirus genome to form L1 amplicons containing plus and minus amplified strands using MY09 and MY11 amplification primers, and then determining the positions of at least the A bases in the antisense amplicon using a consensus sequencing primer which is shifted six bases with respect to the MY09 primer (MY09-6). This primer has the sequence ARRGGAWACT GATCWARDTC (Seq. ID No. 3)

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Oakville, Canada

James B Mahony