Inventors:
Tatyana A. Zhukov - Lutz FL, US
Sergei Ostapenko - Wesley Chapel FL, US
Rebecca Sutphen - Tampa FL, US
Johnathan Lancaster - Tampa FL, US
Thomas A. Sellers - Tampa FL, US
Jin Z. Zhang - Santa Cruz CA, US
Assignee:
University of South Florida - Tampa FL
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. - Tampa FL
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
International Classification:
G01N 33/551, G01N 33/553
US Classification:
436524, 436512, 436525, 436 64
Abstract:
Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) conjugated with biomolecules to serve as sensitive probes for early detection of the cancer cells, specifically for ovarian cancer and lung cancer, which represents the most lethal malignancies. The luminescence characterization of the bin-conjugated QDs with cancer specific antigens using linkage molecules. Photo-enhancement is measured at various laser density power, temperatures and laser wavelengths.