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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas C Spelsberg, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Medical Resources, Rochester, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436504 ; 436 63 ; 436 64 ; 436804 ; 436813 ; 436825 ; 435-6 ; 435-7 ;
Abstract
A method for rapidly determining the presence of functional cellular steroid receptors by assaying a tissue sample for nuclear steroid binding is disclosed which comprises treating the tissue with collagenase, incubating the isolated cells with a labelled steroid capable of complexing said receptors and measuring the bound radioactivity and the DNA of the isolated cellular nuclei.