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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darryl E. Palmer-Toy, Arlington, MA (US);
David Sarracino, Medford, MA (US);
Dennis Sgroi, Winchester, MA (US);
Peter Leopold, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; G01N 2/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/348 ; G01N 2/400 ;
Abstract
A highly specific and sensitive technique for exploring cell physiology is disclosed. The method includes laser capture microdissection (LCM) for selecting small clusters of cells of interest from sections of tissue and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) for characterizing simultaneously a broad variety of biological molecules present in the small cluster of cells.