Diagnostic method employing a mixture of normally separable protein-coated particles
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1. A diagnostic method for determining the presence or absence of select protein in a liquid sample comprising the steps of:
- dispersing a plurality of finely divided inert first particles and a plurality of finely divided inert second particles in the sample liquid, said first particles possessing a property facilitating separation thereof from said sample liquid, said second particles possessing a property facilitating detection thereof, said first and second particles both being coated with protein material specific to said select protein;
separating said first particles from said sample liquid utilizing the separation-facilitating property thereof, anddetermining whether a substantial portion of said plurality of second particles have accompanied said separated first particles.
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A mixture of two different kinds of particles having distinctive, different properties is employed for determining the presence of a select protein in, or the absence of a select protein from, a solution. The first kind of particle provides a property facilitating separation, while the second kind of particle provides a property facilitating detection. The particles are coated with the same protein, a protein able to interact specifically with the select protein.
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1. A diagnostic method for determining the presence or absence of select protein in a liquid sample comprising the steps of:
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dispersing a plurality of finely divided inert first particles and a plurality of finely divided inert second particles in the sample liquid, said first particles possessing a property facilitating separation thereof from said sample liquid, said second particles possessing a property facilitating detection thereof, said first and second particles both being coated with protein material specific to said select protein; separating said first particles from said sample liquid utilizing the separation-facilitating property thereof, and determining whether a substantial portion of said plurality of second particles have accompanied said separated first particles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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