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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Robert J. Markovsky, Amesbury, MA (US);
Cheryl A. Boyer, Malden, MA (US);
Stanley E. Charm, Boston, MA (US);
Paul R. Donahue, Southboro, MA (US);
Yael Agi Glickman, Moshav Tsofit, IL;
Steven J. Saul, Arlington, MA (US);
Joan L. Scheemaker, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Richard T. Skiffington, North Reading, MA (US);
Shefali B. Trivedi, Quincy, MA (US);
Eliezer Zomer, Newton, MA (US);
Robert J. Markovsky, Amesbury, MA (US);
Cheryl A. Boyer, Malden, MA (US);
Stanley E. Charm, Boston, MA (US);
Paul R. Donahue, Southboro, MA (US);
Yael Agi Glickman, Moshav Tsofit, IL;
Steven J. Saul, Arlington, MA (US);
Joan L. Scheemaker, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Richard T. Skiffington, North Reading, MA (US);
Shefali B. Trivedi, Quincy, MA (US);
Eliezer Zomer, Newton, MA (US);
Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention features a method of determining whether one or more members of an analyte family are present in a sample. The method makes use of a test zone binder, e.g., a receptor that can bind one or a plurality of analytes within an analyte family, the analytes family defined by similar structural binding sites. Members of an analyte family can have different detection level requirements and, therefore, additional analyte binders can be employed to adjust test sensitivity for a subset of the analytes in the analyte family individually, so that each analyte can be detected only if it is present in the sample above a predetermined threshold.