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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Elena V. Gostjeva, Winchester, MA (US);
William G. Thilly, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Elena V. Gostjeva, Winchester, MA (US);
William G. Thilly, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); G01N 33/5026 (2013.01); G01N 33/5073 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for the characterization of the stage of development or pathology of a tissue sample, and for identifying pluripotent metakaryotic stem cells, comprising detecting fluorescence of cells and syncytia in fixed samples treated with a non-fluorescent Schiff's base reagent in the absence of extraneous or exogenously added fluorescent dyes.