Flow Cytometric Disease Diagnostics Based On Biopsies

This invention encompasses cellular analysis at the nucleus-level in order to diagnose diseases. This level of detail has wide application across eukaryotic species.

Background:
While single cell analysis is gaining popularity as well as research and development funding, this invention lends itself to more detailed discovery while being technically easier as a method given that the excised cell does not have to remain intact.

Applications:

• Disease diagnosis, prognosis (particularly cancers)
• Determination of disease predisposition
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Drug development

Advantages:

• Requires only a small sample
• Improves accuracy
• Provides an easier technical process over current methods of single-cell analysis