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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Brigitte F. Schmidt, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alan S. Waggoner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Peter B. Berget, Glenshaw, PA (US);
Marcel P. Bruchez, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan W. Jarvik, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity.