Patent ID: 9029096
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for performing an assay to determine the sensitivity of the cells of a subject to genomic damage from electromagnetic radiation, the system comprising: a substrate suitable for mounting a sample of lymphocytes from said subject; a mounting medium, suitable for performing electrophoresis, for mounting said sample of lymphocytes; an electromagnetic (EM) radiation source; and an EM radiation-permeable barrier material interposed between the substrate suitable for mourning said sample of lymphocytes and the EM radiation source, wherein the EM radiation-permeable barrier material is a substance which allows at least a portion of the EM radiation to pass through the barrier material to the sample of lymphocytes; where the EM radiation-permeable barrier has regions of different thickness and said regions are arranged to determine patterns of different sensitivity to genomic damage from the EM radiation relative to the thickness.