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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Tal Offer, Oakland, CA (US);
Emily Ho, Corvalls, OR (US);
Bruce N. Ames, Berkeley, CA (US);
Frans Kuypers, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tal Offer, Oakland, CA (US);
Emily Ho, Corvalls, OR (US);
Bruce N. Ames, Berkeley, CA (US);
Frans Kuypers, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is a method for analyzing immature reticulocytes for the presence of micronuclei. The method includes reticulocyte enrichment, fluorescent labeling, micronuclei staining, and analysis using single-laser flow cytometry. The invention also includes kits containing reagents to use in the method.