METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING NUMBER OF MOLECULES OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID CONTAINED IN A SAMPLE
First Claim
1. A method for quantifying a number of molecules of at least a first target nucleic acid contained in a first sample, said method comprising:
- loading a plurality of first sample portions into respective sample chambers, each of said first sample portions comprising part of a first sample, whereby any of said first sample portions which contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid after a single round of amplification;
subjecting each said first sample portion in said respective sample chambers to at least a first amplification step;
for each said first sample portion, determining whether said first sample portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid; and
thenquantifying a number of said first sample portions which contain at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid.
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Abstract
A method comprises loading one or more sample portions into respective sample chambers, subjecting each of the sample portions to an amplification step, for each sample portion, determining whether the sample portion contains at least one molecule of a target nucleic acid; and then quantifying a number of the sample portions which contain at least one molecule of the target nucleic acid, and/or quantifying a number of peaks indicative of the detectable concentration, and/or detecting an intensity of at least one peak indicative of a concentration of the target nucleic acid. Any of the sample portions which contains a single molecule of the target nucleic acid would attain a detectable concentration of the target nucleic acid after a single round of amplification.
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138 Claims
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1. A method for quantifying a number of molecules of at least a first target nucleic acid contained in a first sample, said method comprising:
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loading a plurality of first sample portions into respective sample chambers, each of said first sample portions comprising part of a first sample, whereby any of said first sample portions which contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid after a single round of amplification; subjecting each said first sample portion in said respective sample chambers to at least a first amplification step; for each said first sample portion, determining whether said first sample portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid; and
thenquantifying a number of said first sample portions which contain at least one molecule of said first 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, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for quantifying a number of molecules of at least a first target nucleic acid contained in a first sample, said method comprising:
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loading at least a first sample portion into a first sample chamber, said first sample portion comprising at least a part of a first sample, whereby if said first sample portion contains at least a single molecule of a first target nucleic acid, said first sample portion would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within a portion of said first sample portion after a single round of amplification; subjecting said first sample portion to at least a first amplification step; determining whether said first sample portion contains at least one molecule of said first target nucleic acid; and
thenquantifying a number of peaks indicative of said detectable concentration. - View Dependent Claims (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, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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93. A method for quantifying a number of molecules of at least a first target nucleic acid contained in a first sample, said method comprising:
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loading at least a first sample portion into a first sample chamber, said first sample portion comprising at least a part of said first sample, whereby if said first sample portion contains at least a single molecule of said first target nucleic acid, said first sample portion would attain a detectable concentration of said first target nucleic acid within a portion of said first sample portion after a single round of amplification; subjecting said first sample portion in said first sample chamber to at least a first amplification step; and
then detecting an intensity of at least one peak indicative of said detectable concentration. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138)
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