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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Merck Patent Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;
Somalogic, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Anne Baumstummler, Gertwiller, FR;
Frederic Marc-Kreucher, Itterswiller, FR;
David Lehmann, Andolsheim, FR;
Urs Ochsner, Denver, CO (US);
Nebojsa Janjic, Boulder, CO (US);
Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
SOMALOGIC, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of detecting a microorganism, in particular, in a sample, comprising the steps of a) incubating the sample with a slow off-rate modified aptamer (SOMAmer) comprising a fluorescent label, b) optionally washing the sample, c) analyzing the sample by a fluorescence-based detection method. The invention further relates to a slow off-rate modified aptamer comprising a fluorescent label, wherein the SOMAmer comprises a nucleotide sequence specific for, its use for detectingcells in a sample, and to a microarray or biosensor and a kit comprising at least one of such SOMAmers comprising a fluorescent label.