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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Harlan S. Robins, Seattle, WA (US);
Edus H. Warren, III, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Christopher Scott Carlson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G06F 19/24 (2011.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1065 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); G06F 19/24 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of measuring immunocompetence is described. This method provides a means for assessing the effects of diseases or conditions that compromise the immune system and of therapies aimed to reconstitute it. This method is based on quantifying T-cell diversity by calculating the number of diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) beta chain variable regions from blood cells.