Assessing immune system function and status
AssigneeTravera, Inc.
InventorsRobert Kimmerling, Selim Olcum, Mark Stevens, Anthony Minnah, Madeleine Vacha
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for assessing immune system function and status based on cellular analysis. Methods of the present invention involve obtaining mass properties of immune cells collected in a tissue or body fluid sample from a subject. Such mass properties may include the mass of one or more immune cells and/or changes in mass of such immune cells over a period of time. Such data is then used for determining a status of the subject's immune response, and subsequent diagnosis and treatment of an infection or immunological disease or dysfunction.
Claims4
A method for determining the efficacy of cell-based therapy, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring mass of one or more immune cells or immune components from a subject prior to administering a cell therapy to the subject;
- administering the cell therapy to the subject;
- measuring mass of one or more immune cells or immune components from the subject after the administering step;
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- determining efficacy of the cell therapy based on said measuring step by comparing the measured masses,
- wherein the measuring is performed using a device comprising a suspended microchannel resonator (SMR).
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