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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicants:
Colin Cooper, Shardlow, GB;
Edman Tsang, Reading, GB;
Robbie Burch, Belfast, GB;
Jay Lewington, Woking, GB;
Inventors:
Colin Cooper, Shardlow, GB;
Edman Tsang, Reading, GB;
Robbie Burch, Belfast, GB;
Jay Lewington, Woking, GB;
Assignee:
Strategic Diagnostics Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cell-based reagents and methods of using the reagents for detecting analytes are provided. The adsorbing of cells with signal-generating metabolic activity to solid supports has been found to improve the sensitivity of known cell based assays. Signal-generating cells adsorbed to a solid support are introduced to a test agent, and the measured decrease in metabolic signal provides a measure of the toxicity of the test agent.