Invention:
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
