Inventors:
John Castracane - Groton MA, US
Alison Joyce - Groveland MA, US
Thomas Miller - East Boston MA, US
Fred Reynolds - Waltham MA, US
International Classification:
G01N033/543
Abstract:
Methods, assays, and kits for detecting the presence of PIG3 in human cell extracts, serum, plasma, other body fluids and extra-cellular tissue culture media to determine valuable prognostic, monitoring and diagnostic information about the status of a patient. The methods are rapid and quantitative and can be used to evaluate the viability of cells and tissue, to evaluate progress of a disease and/or its treatment, to evaluate the cytotoxicity of unknown compounds and to study the kinetics of cell death.