Patent ID: 9372142
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61L,C09K,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for assaying the effectiveness of a putative protein stabilizing agent, the method comprising: (a) providing one or more proteins and a putative protein stabilizing agent at an interface between an aqueous phase and a nematic liquid crystal phase; (b) aging the interface and associated proteins; (c) contacting the interface with a composition comprising a ligand-functionalized phospholipid vesicle, wherein the ligand is capable of binding to the one or more proteins; and (d) observing the orientational ordering of the nematic liquid crystal at the interface; wherein the rate of change in the orientational ordering, the extent of change in the orientational ordering, or both, is correlated with the effectiveness of the putative protein stabilizing agent.