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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Andrei Mirzabekov, Darien, IL (US);
Dmitry Y. Guschin, Rockville, MD (US);
Valentine Chik, Woodridge, IL (US);
Aleksei Drobyshev, Elektrosol, RU;
Alexander Fotin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gennadiy Yershov, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Yuri Lysov, Hinsdale, IL (US);
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to using customized oligonucleotide microchips as biosensors for the detection and identification of nucleic acids specific for different genes, organisms and/or individuals in the environment, in food and in biological samples. The microchips are designed to convert multiple bits of genetic information into simpler patterns of signals that are interpreted as a unit. Because of an improved method of hybridizing oligonucleotides from samples to microchips, microchips are reusable and transportable. For field study, portable laser or bar code scanners are suitable.