Benjamin Z Stone

US Patent:

20040086932, May 6, 2004

Filed:

Nov 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/721157

Inventors:

T. Boles - Lexington MA, US
Lawrence Weir - Hopkinton MA, US
Benjamin Stone - Holliston MA, US

International Classification:

C12Q001/68

US Classification:

435/006000

Abstract:

The present invention provides rapid detection methods that detect virtually all non-viral organisms, from a broad to a narrow spectrum. More particularly, the present invention provides SRP RNA nucleic acid probes and methods of using such nucleic acid probes for the rapid, sensitive detection of non-viral organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Using the detection methods of the present invention, major non-viral groups such as bacterial, fungi, and protozoa, as well as specific species, can be identified in samples. In addition, kits for use in carrying out the methods of the present invention are provided.

US Patent:

20190071707, Mar 7, 2019

Filed:

Jan 20, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/070994

Inventors:

- Lexington MA, US
Lori Anne NEELY - Reading MA, US
Heidi Susanne GIESE - Newburyport MA, US
Jessica Ann TOWNSEND - Boston MA, US
Rahul Krishan DHANDA - Dorchester MA, US
Urvi VED - Natick MA, US
Brendan MANNING - Arlington MA, US
Nu Ai PHUNG - Newtonville MA, US
Joanne Lawton GARVER - Maynard MA, US
Benjamin B. STONE - Holliston MA, US

International Classification:

C12Q 1/04
C07K 14/22
C12Q 1/689

Abstract:

The invention features methods panels, cartridges, and systems for detecting pathogens and for diagnosing and treating diseases, including bacteremia and sepsis.