EXIQON A/S Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130164750 | In Situ Hybridization Method And Buffer - An improved method of in situ hybridization which relies on an improved formulation of the in situ hybridization buffer is described. In at least some formulations the buffer are non-toxic. The combination of Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) comprising ISH probes and the improved ISH buffer are useful for detection of small non-coding RNA as well as in the manufacturing of ISH kits directed to the detection of such small non-coding RNA. Further disclosed is a method of semi-quantitative ISH and demonstration of the semi-quantitative ISHs diagnostic potential. | 06-27-2013 |
20120184603 | NOVEL HUMAN MICRORNAS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER - The invention provides new sequences for human microRNAs associated with cancer which may be used as molecular markers for cancer diagnostics or as therapeutic targets or agents. | 07-19-2012 |
20120157333 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES USEFUL FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACIDS OF INTEREST - The invention features improved nucleic acids and methods for expression profiling of mRNAs, identifying and profiling of particular mRNA splice variants, and detecting mutations, deletions, or duplications of particular exons or other splice variants, e.g., alterations associated with a disease such as cancer, in a nucleic acid sample, e.g., a biological sample or a patient sample. | 06-21-2012 |
20120071332 | Method for Quantification of Small RNA Species - The present invention relates to a method for amplification and quantification of microRNA molecules using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) technology. The method comprise the steps of (a) producing cDNA molecules complementary to microRNAs in a sample using polyadenylation and primer extension by reverse transcription, and (b) amplification and quantification of the cDNAs by qPCR using microRNA specific primer sets of forward and reverse primers containing LNA monomers. | 03-22-2012 |
20110245327 | Oligonucleotide Analogues - The present invention relates to novel bicyclic and tricyclic nucleoside and nucleotide analogues as well as to oligonucleotides comprising such elements. The nucleotide analogues, LNAs ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110076675 | NOVEL METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF MICRORNAS AND SMALL INTERFERING RNAS - The invention relates to ribonucleic acids, probes and methods for detection, quantification as well as monitoring the expression of mature microRNAs and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). The invention furthermore relates to methods for monitoring the expression of other non-coding RNAs, mRNA splice variants, as well as detecting and quantifying RNA editing, allelic variants of single transcripts, mutations, deletions, or duplications of particular exons in transcripts, e.g., alterations associated with human disease such as cancer. The invention furthermore relates to methods for detection, quantification as well as monitoring the expression of deoxy nucleic acids. | 03-31-2011 |
20100286044 | DETECTION OF TISSUE ORIGIN OF CANCER - Disclosed is a method for determining the cellular or tissue origin of tumor cells. The method entails determining the presence of at least one micro RNA (miRNA) in a sample derived from tumor tissue and based on the said determination establishing a miRNA expression profile and comparing this with pre-established miRNA expression profiles from cells, tissues or tumors. The determination uses short oligonucleotide probes comprising modified affinity-enhancing nucleobases. | 11-11-2010 |
20100279895 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ANALOGUES - The present invention relates to novel bicyclic and tricyclic nucleoside and nucleotide analogues as well as to oligonucleotides comprising such elements. The nucleotide analogues, LNAs (Locked Nucleoside Analogues), are able to provide valuable improvements to oligonucleotides with respect to affinity and specificity towards complementary RNA and DNA oligomers. The novel type of LNA modified oligonucleotides, as well as the LNAs as such, are useful in a wide range of diagnostic applications as well as therapeutic applications. Among these can be mentioned antisense applications, PCR applications, strand displacement oligomers, as substrates for nucleic acid polymerases, as nucleotide based drugs, etc. The present invention also relates to such applications. | 11-04-2010 |
20100267018 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ANALOGUES - The present invention relates to novel bicyclic and tricyclic nucleoside and nucleotide analogues as well as to oligonucleotides comprising such elements. The nucleotide analogues, LNAs (Locked Nucleoside Analogues), are able to provide valuable improvements to oligonucleotides with respect to affinity and specificity towards complementary RNA and DNA oligomers. The novel type of LNA modified oligonucleotides, as well as the LNAs as such, are useful in a wide range of diagnostic applications as well as therapeutic applications. Among these can be mentioned antisense applications, PCR applications, strand displacement oligomers, as substrates for nucleic acid polymerases, as nucleotide based drugs, etc. The present invention also relates to such applications. | 10-21-2010 |
20100261175 | USE OF SHORT OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR REAGENT REDUNDANCY EXPERIMENTS IN RNA FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to functional analysis of miRNAs or other short non-coding RNAs involving the use of two or more sequence distinct miRNAs antagonising oligomeric compounds, which enables the reagent redundancy experiments to reduce the risk of reporting false positive effects of miRNA/ncRNA antagonists. | 10-14-2010 |
20100035968 | MEDIATED CELLULAR DELIVERY OF LNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDES - The present invention relates to novel modified oligomeric compounds and to methods of making and using such compounds. The invention further relates to methods of enhancing the cellular uptake of oligomeric compounds comprising conjugating a metal chelator to those. | 02-11-2010 |
20090286753 | NOVEL OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND PROBE SEQUENCES USEFUL FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MICRORNAS AND THEIR TARGET MRNAS - The invention relates to ribonucleic acids and oligonucleotide probes useful for detection and analysis of microRNAs and their target mRNAs, as well as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). | 11-19-2009 |
20090023594 | REAGENTS FOR LABELLING NUCLEIC ACIDS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to labelling kits containing novel non-natural nucleotide monomers and to methods of making and using such compounds. The invention further relates to a method of detecting the presence of a nucleic acid, e.g., RNA, of interest in a sample, the method having the following steps: providing the sample; ligating a nucleic acid of interest with a labelling reagent according to the instant invention; providing a nucleic acid array having probes directed to the nucleic acid of interest; hybridizing the labelled nucleic acid fragments to said nucleic acid array; and determining the extent of hybridization to said probes to determine the presence of the nucleic acid of interest. | 01-22-2009 |