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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Lawrence A. Bottomley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Madhushree Ghosh, San Diego, CA (US);
Shanxiang Shen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Richard Saul, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Sebastian Kossek, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Gary W. Pace, Winchester, MA (US);
Lawrence A. Bottomley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Madhushree Ghosh, San Diego, CA (US);
Shanxiang Shen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Richard Saul, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Sebastian Kossek, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Gary W. Pace, Winchester, MA (US);
Protiveris, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided for detecting an enzyme, or or for detecting a substrate of an enzyme or for detecting an enzyme effector such as an inhibitor, by measuring a change in deflection of a microcantilever having a substrate or an enzyme, respectively, attached to a surface of the microcantilever.