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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Timothy J. O'leary, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jeffrey T. Mason, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. O'Leary, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jeffrey T. Mason, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Immunoliposomes and use thereof in highly specific and sensitive nucleic acid amplification assays relying on amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences released from encapsulation within a liposome after a receptor on the liposome couples with a targeted analyte/antigen immobilized on a select surface. The immunoliposome nucleic acid amplification assay permits both quantitative and qualitative analyte detection.