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USPTO Publishes One RNAi-Related Patent Application: May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006
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Title: Detection and Quantification of miRNA on Microarrays

Number: 20060099619

Filed: Oct. 4, 2005

Lead Inventor: Jose Remacle, Eppendorf Array Technologies

The invention, the patent application's abstract states, "relates to a new method for the detection, identification and/or quantification of multiple gene-specific mRNA or stRNA, respectively, the inducers of RNAi. In particular the present invention relates to a method for detecting the presence or change in concentration of mRNA in a cell, which change may be induced by environmental conditions."

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Gene Silencing/Gene Editing
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