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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Andrew Griffiths, Strasbourg, FR;
David Weitz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Keunho Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Darren Link, Guilford, CT (US);
Jerome Bibette, Paris, FR;
Andrew Griffiths, Strasbourg, FR;
David Weitz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Keunho Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Darren Link, Guilford, CT (US);
Jerome Bibette, Paris, FR;
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Medical Research Council, London, GB;
Abstract
The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalizing two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalized into the microcapsules.