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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Knut Rudi, Vestby, NO;
Knut Rudi, Vestby, NO;
Abstract
A method of distinguishing between living and dead cells in a sample, the method includes: (a) contacting the sample with a viability probe which modifies the nucleic acid of dead cells within the sample; and (b) detecting nucleic acid from the cells in the sample, wherein detection involves binding of one or more oligonucleotide probes to a target sequence within the nucleic acid. A method of detecting cells in a sample, the method includes: (a) contacting the sample with a viability probe which labels the nucleic acid of dead cells within the sample; (b) separating the nucleic acid from the cells into labelled and non-labelled fraction; and (c) detecting the nucleic acid in one or both of the fractions.