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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Stephen J. Lippard, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xiao-an Zhang, Toronto, CA;
Zdravka Medarova, Methuen, MA (US);
Anna Moore, Dracut, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. Lippard, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xiao-an Zhang, Toronto, CA;
Zdravka Medarova, Methuen, MA (US);
Anna Moore, Dracut, MA (US);
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for using a zinc sensor compound to detect a disease associated with the disruption of zinc homeostasis, such as prostate cancer. The zinc sensor compound comprises an optical reporter having two or more recognition units where each of the recognition units is capable of associating with at least one zinc ion.