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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Jyotsna Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Helena Weltman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jyotsna Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Helena Weltman, Los Altos, CA (US);
ID-FISH Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for allowing foreign particles to penetrate, very efficiently, the cell wall, cell membrane, organelle membrane and/or nuclear membrane of a cell and hybridizing or binding to the complimentary target in the cell. The cells may be from a culture or from specimens obtained from a patient. The foreign particle can be a probe consisting of, for example, either individually or in any combination of two or more of the following: DNA, RNA, peptide nucleic acids (PNA), glycopeptides, lipopeptides, glycolipids or prions. The target is a cell, a cell component or, preferably, a pathogen or pathogen component. The pathogen can be, for example, bacteria, fungi, yeast or viruses.