METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A SAMPLE, AND MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS
First Claim
1. A method for detecting whether at least one molecule of a first target nucleic acid is present in a sample and detecting whether at least one molecule of a second target nucleic acid is present in said sample, said method comprising:
- loading a first portion of said sample into at least a first sample chamber, whereby if said first portion contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid, said first portion would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within a portion of said first sample chamber after a single round of amplification;
loading a second portion of said sample into at least a second sample chamber, whereby if said second portion contains at least a single molecule of said second target nucleic acid, said second portion would attain a detectable concentration of said second target nucleic acid within a portion of said second sample chamber after a single round of amplification;
subjecting said first portion in said first sample chamber to at least a first amplification step;
subjecting said second portion in said second sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; and
thendetermining whether said first portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid and determining whether said second sample portion contains at least one molecule of said second target nucleic acid.
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Abstract
A method comprising loading sample into at least two sample chambers, subjecting the sample portions in each sample chamber to at least a first amplification step, and determining whether each sample portion contains at least one molecule of a target nucleic acid. If a sample portion contains at least a single molecule of the target nucleic acid, it would attain a detectable concentration of the target nucleic acid after a single round of amplification. Also, a method for detecting whether at least one molecule of a first target nucleic acid is present in a first sample and detecting whether at least one molecule of a second target nucleic acid is present in a second sample. Also, a microfluidic device comprising sample chambers comprising respective ingredients which will react with respective target nucleic acids if contacted with the target nucleic acids and subjected to a round of amplification.
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99 Claims
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1. A method for detecting whether at least one molecule of a first target nucleic acid is present in a sample and detecting whether at least one molecule of a second target nucleic acid is present in said sample, said method comprising:
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loading a first portion of said sample into at least a first sample chamber, whereby if said first portion contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid, said first portion would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within a portion of said first sample chamber after a single round of amplification; loading a second portion of said sample into at least a second sample chamber, whereby if said second portion contains at least a single molecule of said second target nucleic acid, said second portion would attain a detectable concentration of said second target nucleic acid within a portion of said second sample chamber after a single round of amplification; subjecting said first portion in said first sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; subjecting said second portion in said second sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; and
thendetermining whether said first portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid and determining whether said second sample portion contains at least one molecule of said second target nucleic acid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for detecting whether at least one molecule of a first target nucleic acid is present in a first sample and detecting whether at least one molecule of a second target nucleic acid is present in a second sample, said method comprising:
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loading at least a portion of a first sample into at least a first sample chamber, whereby if said portion of said first sample contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid, said portion of said first sample would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within part of said first sample chamber after a single round of amplification; loading at least a portion of a second sample into at least a second sample chamber, whereby if said portion of said second sample contains at least a single molecule of said second target nucleic acid, said portion of said second sample would attain a detectable concentration of said second target nucleic acid within part of said second sample chamber after a single round of amplification; subjecting said portion of said first sample in said first sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; subjecting said portion of said second sample in said second sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; and
thendetermining whether said portion of said first sample contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid and determining whether said portion of said second sample contains at least one molecule of said second target nucleic acid. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A microfluidic device comprising:
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at least a first sample chamber, said first sample chamber comprising at least a first ingredient which will react with a first target nucleic acid if contacted with said first target nucleic acid and subjected to at least a first round of amplification; and at least a second sample chamber, said second sample chamber comprising at least a second ingredient which will react with a second target nucleic acid if contacted with said second target nucleic acid and subjected to at least a first round of amplification, such that; if a first sample portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid and is loaded into said first sample chamber, a reaction product of amplification of said first sample portion will attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within at least a portion of said first sample chamber after a single round of amplification, and if a second sample portion contains at least one molecule of said second target nucleic acid and is loaded into said second sample chamber, a reaction product of amplification of said second sample portion will attain a detectable concentration of said target nucleic acid within at least a portion of said second sample chamber after a single round of amplification. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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