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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Guido Hennig, Cologne, DE;
Ralph Wirtz, Cologne, DE;
Kerstin Bohmann, Krefeld, DE;
Birge Schopper, Pulheim, DE;
Inventors:
Guido Hennig, Cologne, DE;
Ralph Wirtz, Cologne, DE;
Kerstin Bohmann, Krefeld, DE;
Birge Schopper, Pulheim, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an automatable method for the improved diagnosis of pathologically altered cells by simultaneously staining at least two different molecular markers, which exhibit a change in gene expression which is disease-associated, in a cell or constituent regions of a tissue sample by means of using combinations of antibodies and accrediting signal intensities.