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Image-based methods for measuring global nuclear patterns as epigenetic markers of cell differentiation

US7907769B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignees

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · US
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US

Inventors

Paul Sammak · Pittsburgh, US
Rami Mangoubi · Newton, US
Mukund Desai · Needham, US
Teresa M. Erb · Pittsburgh, US
Nathan Lowry · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2009
Grant date	Mar 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30024
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides methods for determining the differentiation state of cells. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods of analysis of cell colonies, individual cells, and/or cellular structures.

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