Patents Assigned to M.D.R. Test LTD
  • Ex-vivo test kit for testing the effectiveness of reversers of multidrug resistance
    Patent number: 6258526
    Abstract: The invention provides an ex-vivo test kit for testing the effectiveness of reversers of multidrug resistance in the blood, serum or plasma of a patient containing the reversers, the kit comprising, a plurality of cell membranes from highly drug-resistant cells, the cell membranes containing proteins which pump drugs and the membranes being respectively attached to a plurality of support surfaces, and a dye which provides a light signal, which dye is pumped by the proteins contained in the membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: M.D.R. Test LTD
    Inventors: Wilfred Donald Stein, Miriam Viviana Kott