NOVEL RISK BIOMARKERS FOR LUNG CANCER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180119227A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15724309

    申请日:2017-10-04

    CPC classification number: C12Q1/6886 G01N33/57423

    Abstract: Methods and kits for determining a risk of a subject, or subjects for developing lung cancer is disclosed. The method comprises determining a level of catalytic activity of N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG), or apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1), or both, or MPG and 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1), or MPG and APE1 and OGG1 in peripheral blood cells of a subject, wherein levels of MPG above a predetermined reference value, or APE1 or OGG1, or a integrated DNA repair score below a predetermined reference value is indicative of an increased risk of developing lung cancer.

    SUPERCONDUCTING SCANNING SENSOR FOR NANOMETER SCALE TEMPERATURE IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20180045754A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15557104

    申请日:2016-03-10

    CPC classification number: G01Q60/58 G01K7/006 G01K2203/00 G01N27/041

    Abstract: A device and methods for use thereof in low-temperature thermal scanning microscopy, providing non-contact, non-invasive localized temperature and thermal conductivity measurements in nanometer scale ranges with a temperature resolution in the micro-Kelvin order. A superconductive cap mounted on the tip of an elongated support probe is electrically-connected to superconductive leads for carrying electrical current through the cap. The critical superconducting current of the leads is configured to be greater than the critical current supported by the cap, and the cap's critical current is configured to be a function of its temperature. Thus, the temperature of the cap is measured by measuring its critical superconducting current. In a related embodiment, driving a current greater than the critical current of the cap quenches the cap's superconductivity, and permits the cap to dissipate resistive heat into the sample being scanned. Scanning of the sample in this mode thus images its thermal conductivity patterns.

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