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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Applicant:
Robert W. Flower, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Inventor:
Robert W. Flower, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Assignee:
Novadaq Technologies Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for imaging nerve cells. The composition comprises a fluorescent dye; and a viral component selected from a neurotropic, replication-defective virus, a viral protein of a neurotropic virus, and a capsid of a neurotropic virus. Although the fluorescent dye in itself cannot penetrate nerve cells, the fluorescent dye is bound to the viral component to form a dye/viral component complex that is capable of penetrating nerve cells.