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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Masato Mitsuhashi, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6809 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to methods of diagnosing diseases and measuring homeostatic states. In particular, the methods described here are used to characterize RNA from vesicles for expression of disease related markers. Embodiments of the invention also relate generally to the characterization of RNA by using sensitive techniques such as PCR to internally sample organ health using whole blood.