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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Stuart S. Martin, Severna Park, MD (US);
Christopher Jewell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James Andorko, Delran, NJ (US);
Elisabeth Sooklal, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Rebecca Whipple Bettes, Elkridge, MD (US);
Kristi Chakrabarti, Silver Spring, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for imaging microtentacles on isolated, living, non-adherent primary tumor cells from a cancer subject comprising: i) obtaining one or more living, non-adherent primary tumor cells that has been isolated from a solid tumor from the subject; and ii) imaging the one or more living, non-adherent primary tumor cells and detecting the microtentacles.