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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique, in nucleic acid hybridization in a microflow path, for enabling high flow level of a solution to be accomplished through preventing the leakage of the injecting solution by preventing inner pressure rise. SOLUTION: A method for producing a carrier for isolating a nucleic acid is provided, including the following procedure: A capturing chain 2 having a base sequence complementary to a target nucleic acid chain, with modified functional groups each having a positive electric charge, is brought to a solid phase by ion-exchange bonding on a porous carrier (microbeads) 1 having cation-exchangeable ion-exchange groups on the surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescent label microbead for nucleic acid detection for performing gene development detection in a live cell, and a method of acquiring information related to double-strand production using the fluorescent label microbead for nucleic acid detection. SOLUTION: The fluorescent label microbead B 1 for nucleic acid detection includes, on its surface, oligonucleotide P having base sequence complementary to detecting object nucleic acid strand T, and an intercalative fluorochrome 1. In this method, by using the fluorescent label microbead B 1 for nucleic acid detection, and detecting information related to the fluorescence of the fluorescent label microbead B 1 for nucleic acid detection, information related to double-strand production of the fluorescent label microbead B 1 for nucleic acid detection and the detecting object nucleic acid strand T is obtained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescent labeled oligonucleotide for nucleic acid detection to enable easy quantitative analysis of a gene with excellent analytic efficiency without necessitating the preparation of a calibration curve and to provide a method for getting information on double strand formation by using the fluorescent labeled oligonucleotide for nucleic acid detection. SOLUTION: Provided is a fluorescent labeled oligonucleotide P 1 for nucleic acid detection having a base sequence complementary to a nucleic acid strand T for detection, wherein the fluorescent characteristic varies by the double strand formation with the nucleic acid strand T for detection. The fluorescent labeled oligonucleotide P 1 for nucleic acid detection can be produced by labeling with an intercalating fluorescent dye 1 and a non-intercalating fluorescent dye 2. Also provided is a method for getting information on the double strand formation by using the fluorescent labeled oligonucleotide P 1 for nucleic acid detection. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virus detection method enabling real-time detection of the proliferation of viruses in a living cell without breaking the living cell. SOLUTION: Viruses in a living cell are detected by the fluorescence detection of a fluorescent labeled nucleotide transferred into a virus genome. The fluorescent labeled nucleotide is labeled at least with a group of a plurality of fluorescent dyes containing an excitation object fluorescent dye to give an excitation energy acquired by light absorption to the other fluorescent dye, and a detection object fluorescent dye to emit light by receiving the excitation energy from the other fluorescent dye. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technologies for highly sensitively detecting a bcr-abl gene mRNA.SOLUTION: In the micro-channel 11 for nucleic acid hybridization, a sample solution containing the bcr-abl gene mRNA is circulated, and agarose gel carriers (agarose gel beads) 2 in which a capturing chain with a specific base sequence complementary to the bcr-abl gene mRNA is solid-phased are loaded in such a state as held by a filter 113 disposed on the downstream in the direction of feeding the sample solution.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for making accurate optical detection of a target nucleic acid by preventing blocking, reflection, and scattering of excited light and fluorescent light of a carrier, in a microchannel filled with a carrier for nucleic acid separation.SOLUTION: There is provided a microchannel 11 in which a solution containing the target nucleic acid chain flows, and which is filled with a agarose gel carrier (agarose gel beads) 2 having a solid phased capture chain which includes a base sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid chain in a state held by a filter 113 arranged at downstream side of flow direction of the solution.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for stimulating neurocyte capable of stimulating to activate for a short time while downsizing more than ever before. SOLUTION: A pulse drive voltage is applied to a laser diode having a voltage value above a voltage for generating relaxation oscillation or more, and a laser light having a pulse-like specific peak is output from the laser diode, and the laser light having the pulse-like specific peak condenses on a stimulation subject in a sample. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new apparatus for extracting a nucleic acid capable of extracting the nucleic acid from a trace amount of a sample without causing dilution of the nucleic acid due to no use of a chemical treatment and capable of rapidly carrying out the extraction of the nucleic acid because practice ranging from cytoclasis to even adsorption of the nucleic acid can be made in the simple apparatus. SOLUTION: The apparatus for extracting the nucleic acid is designed to extract a specific nucleic acid from a biological sample. The apparatus for extracting the nucleic acid includes at least a flow channel in which the biological sample moves, a crushing section for crushing the biological sample in the flow channel, an enzyme inactivating section for inactivating an enzyme in the biological sample in the flow channel, and an adsorption carrier for adsorbing the extracted nucleic acid. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biosubstance detection method capable of measuring by a simpler operation in comparison with a conventional method, and detecting also a biosubstance in a living tissue or in a living cell. SOLUTION: In this method, a biosubstance is allowed to progress a prescribed reaction by utilizing multiphoton excitation, and fluorescence from a self-fluorescent material which is a reaction product from the reaction is detected, to thereby detect the biosubstance. In addition, a method for determining a disease state and physiological function based on a fluorescence detection value acquired from the method is also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for measuring an enzyme activity, capable of measuring using simpler operation, as compared with conventional methods, and further is capable of measuring the enzyme activity of the enzymes inside living tissues and living cells. SOLUTION: This method for measuring the enzyme activity for measuring the amount of a substrate metabolite formed by substrate metabolism with the enzyme, by detecting an irradiated wave formed by the multiphoton excitation process of the substrate or substrate metabolite is provided. Also the device for measuring the enzyme activity is provided, at least by equipping a laser light source 11 of a near-infrared femtosecond laser light inducing the multiphoton excitation process of the substrate or substrate metabolite; an irradiated wave-detecting part 31 for detecting the irradiated wave formed by the multiphoton excitation process of the substrate or substrate metabolite and an optical passage for introducing the near infrared femtosecond laser light to an enzyme-presenting site; and also introducing the irradiated waves to the irradiated wave-detecting part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT