Patent ID: 6524809
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for detecting a target material in a sample, which method comprises the steps of:a. Exposing a sample, expected to contain that target material or in which that target material is to be localised, to two or more viruses which are capable of binding directly or indirectly with that target material so as to form a virally bound target material and conjointly to endow the virally bound target material with a distinctive property which -s not conferred on the target material by either virus alone; and b. Cultivating the product from stage a in the presence of an indicator material to which the viruses carried by the virally bound target material attach so as to cause the indicator material to adopt the distinctive property of the virally bound target material; and c. Monitoring the presence or otherwise of virally attached indicator material.