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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir Didenko, Houston, TX (US);
Peter Hornsby, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-71 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the detection of apoptotic cells using a novel assay that employs ligation of DNA fragments in situ to selectively label apoptotic cells. The assay may be used in combination with known in situ methodologies to simultaneously detect apoptotic cells and specific biomolecules present in the apoptotic cell.