Interesting. ..."Mirkin takes what works well--DNA assays--and uses them to detect proteins. Very elegant and innovative." Mirkin is more enthusiastic. This method, he claims, could "change diagnostics forever."
A patent search using Chad A Mirkin throws up a few granted, and a lot of applications :
1 6,610,491 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
2 6,582,921 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses thereof
3 6,506,564 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
4 6,495,324 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
5 6,417,340 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
6 6,361,944 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
1 20030180783 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
2 20030157254 Methods utilizing scanning probe microscope tips and products therefor or produced thereby
3 20030148282 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
4 20030143538 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
5 20030136223 Nanoprisms and method of making them
6 20030129608 Non-alloying core shell nanoparticles
7 20030124528 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
8 20030113740 Oligonucleotide-modified ROMP polymers and co-polymers
9 20030087242 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
10 20030068622 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
11 20030068446 Protein and peptide nanoarrays
12 20030059777 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
13 20030054358 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
14 20030049631 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
15 20030049630 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
16 20030049381 Methods utilizing scanning probe microscope tips and products therefor or produced thereby
17 20030044805 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
18 20030022169 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
19 20020192687 Bio-barcodes based on oligonucleotide-modified nanoparticles
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21 20020182611 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
22 20020177143 Non-alloying core shell nanoparticles
23 20020172953 Movement of biomolecule-coated nanoparticles in an electric field
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36 20020127574 Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor
37 20020125214 Silver stain removal by chemical etching and sonication
38 20020122873 Nanolithography methods and products therefor and produced thereby
39 20020063212 Methods utilizing scanning probe microscope tips and products therefor or produced thereby
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