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AssigneeMcMaster University
InventorsCarlos Filipe, John D. Brennan, Robert Pelton, Sana Jahanshahi-Anbuhi, Yingfu Li
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The present application is directed to methods of performing chemical reactions, including multi-step chemical reactions in which two or more of the reagents in the chemical reaction are incorporated or entrapped in a solid polymeric structure comprising pullulan. In certain embodiments, the chemical reaction or multi-step reaction serves as a sensor. Accordingly the present application is also directed to sensors for performing the methods of the application. In certain embodiments, at least one of the reagents is a biomolecule and the sensor is a biosensor. In certain other embodiments, the solid polymeric structure comprising pullulan and the reagents for performing a chemical reaction form a convenient device for performing a chemical reaction.
A device comprising two or more reagents entrapped in the same solid polymeric structure or in separate solid polymeric structures wherein the solid polymeric structure or structures comprise pullulan and at least one of the two or more reagents is a protein, antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, phage, antidote or vaccine, or at least one of the two or more reagents is a material from a microorganism, or at least one of the two or more reagents is an inorganic or an organic molecule.
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