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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2007
Zhu Teng, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Jeffrey L. Moore, Newark, DE (US);
Alan R. Craig, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gary Hickey, Hockessin, DE (US);
Carsten Schelp, Hockessin, DE (US);
Tie Quan Wei, Bear, DE (US);
Zhu Teng, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Jeffrey L. Moore, Newark, DE (US);
Alan R. Craig, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gary Hickey, Hockessin, DE (US);
Carsten Schelp, Hockessin, DE (US);
Tie Quan Wei, Bear, DE (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.