Process for discriminating between biological states based on hidden patterns from biological data
First Claim
1. A method of determining whether a biological sample taken from a subject indicates that the subject has a disease by analyzing a data stream that is obtained by performing an analysis of the biological sample, comprising:
- abstracting the data stream to produce a sample vector that characterizes the data stream in a predetermined vector space containing a diagnostic cluster, the diagnostic cluster being a disease cluster, the disease cluster corresponding to the presence of the disease;
determining whether the sample vector rests within the disease cluster; and
if the sample vector rests within the diseased cluster, identifying the biological sample as indicating that the subject has the disease, and displaying the result.
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Abstract
The invention describes a process for determining a biological state through the discovery and analysis of hidden or non-obvious, discriminatory biological data patterns. The biological data can be from health data, clinical data, or from a biological sample, (e.g., a biological sample from a human, e.g., serum, blood, saliva, plasma, nipple aspirants, synovial fluids, cerebrospinal fluids, sweat, urine, fecal matter, tears, bronchial lavage, swabbings, needle aspirantas, semen, vaginal fluids, pre-ejaculate.), etc. which is analyzed to determine the biological state of the donor. The biological state can be a pathologic diagnosis, toxicity state, efficacy of a drug, prognosis of a disease, etc. Specifically, the invention concerns processes that discover hidden discriminatory biological data patterns (e.g., patterns of protein expression in a serum sample that classify the biological state of an organ) that describe biological states.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of determining whether a biological sample taken from a subject indicates that the subject has a disease by analyzing a data stream that is obtained by performing an analysis of the biological sample, comprising:
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abstracting the data stream to produce a sample vector that characterizes the data stream in a predetermined vector space containing a diagnostic cluster, the diagnostic cluster being a disease cluster, the disease cluster corresponding to the presence of the disease;
determining whether the sample vector rests within the disease cluster; and
if the sample vector rests within the diseased cluster, identifying the biological sample as indicating that the subject has the disease, and displaying the result. - 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)
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25. A method of determining whether a biological sample taken from a subject indicates that the subject does not have a disease by analyzing a data stream that is obtained by performing an analysis of the biological sample, comprising:
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abstracting the data stream to produce a sample vector that characterizes the data stream in a predetermined vector space containing a diagnostic cluster, the diagnostic cluster being a healthy cluster, the healthy cluster corresponding to the absence of the disease;
determining whether the sample vector rests within the healthy cluster; and
if the sample vector rests within the healthy cluster, identifying the biological sample as indicating that the subject does not have the disease, and displaying the result. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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