Molecules and methods using same for measuring non-transferrin bound iron

US7090995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Ioav Cabantchik · Holon, IL
• William Breuer · Nahariah, IL
• Breno P. Esposito · São Paulo, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/90
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A molecule suitable for use as an indicator of free iron levels in a biological sample, the molecule including an iron binding moeity and a signal generating moeity, wherein an intensity of the signal generated by the signal generating moeity is related to an amount of the iron bound by the iron binding moeity.