The present invention provides a method for determining the prognosis of cancer in a subject. The method comprises measuring the amount of megakaryocytes in a sample from the subject. Usually, the sample is a blood sample. The method may also comprise measuring the number of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in the sample, and in some embodiments a comparison of the number of megakaryocytes and CTCs in the sample. The present invention also provides methods of treatment for cancer in a patient for whom a poor prognosis is predicted using a method of prognosis of the invention.

A method for the evaluation of the efficacy of a drug aiming to eradicate a cellular reservoir of mammalian cells infected with a mammalian immunodeficiency virus, the method including: a) quantifying, the presence of lymphocyte cells expressing a CD89 differentiation marker on their surface; and b) concluding that the drug is efficient to eradicate the cellular reservoir of mammalian cells infected with the mammalian immunodeficiency virus when lymphocyte cells expressing a CD89 differentiation marker are absent.

The present disclosure relates to methods for diagnosing hematological cancers. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a hematological cancer in a patient comprising i) detecting the presence of CD45RARO NK cells in a sample obtained from the patient and ii) and concluding that the patient suffers from a hematological cancer when the presence of CD45RARO NK cells is detected in the sample and the presence of at least one phenotypic marker indicates the nature of the haematological cancer.

The present invention relates to the use of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a first reporter gene, bordered by at least one first pair and one second pair of sequences targeting a site-specific recombinase in order to detect cells of a mammal infected with a virus responsible for an immunodeficiency.

A particle measuring method, a sample processing method, and a particle imaging apparatus capable of efficiently acquiring information effective in pathological diagnosis or the like are provided. The particle measuring method comprises a step (S13) of labeling and amplifying, within a particle, a target nucleic acid in the particle, a step (S14) of labeling a surface target polypeptide on the surface of the particle and/or target nucleic acid different from the first target nucleic acid, and a step (S2) of measuring the labeled target nucleic acid and the labeled target polypeptide and/or other labeled target nucleic acid.

The application discloses CD321 as a useful global marker of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and provides related methods and kits of parts relying on detection of CD321.5

A method for detecting and typing rare tumor cells having high metabolic activity in a body fluid sample, comprising the following steps: incubating nucleated cells in a body fluid sample with a first metabolic marker and a second metabolic marker capable of producing fluorescence signals; detecting, by means of high-throughput imaging, uptake of all the fluorescence signals of the metabolic markers by cells, so as to determine the energy metabolism mode and intensity of the cells; and identifying and typing, according to the fluorescence signals of the metabolic marker combination, tumor cells having high metabolic activity in the body fluid sample. Further provided is a kit used for the detecting and typing method, comprising a microwell array chip, a first metabolic marker and a second metabolic marker capable of producing fluorescence signals, and fluorescence-labeled antibodies specific to leukocyte common antigen. The method and the kit identify and type energy metabolism modes of rare tumor cells in a body fluid sample based on fluorescence signal characteristics, and the operation is simple and fast, reducing the possibility of losing rare tumor cells.

The present invention provides a method for measuring a cellular uptake amount of a molecule, comprising (i) adding the molecule to an organ-derived cell population to perform incubation, (ii) sorting the organ-derived cell population based on the expression levels of CD31 and CD45, and (iii) after steps (i) and (ii), measuring the amount of the molecule incorporated into the cell population sorted in the step (ii), wherein the molecule is incorporated into cells via a cell surface receptor.

Methods, devices, systems, and apparatuses are provided for the image analysis of measurement of biological samples.

There is provided methods of determining tuberculosis (TB) infection status in an individual comprising: (i) providing a sample comprising T-cells; (ii) exposing the sample of (i) to one or more TB antigens; (iii) identifying T-cells in the sample that are CD4 positive and (a) secrete TNF-α without secreting IFN-γ; or (b) secrete IFN-γ without secreting TNF-α; (iv) identifying those cells of (iii) which are also CCR7 and, CD127 negative; and optionally (v) calculating the cells identified in (iv) as a percentage of those identified in (iii); wherein the identification of cells in (iv) and/or the percentage of T-cells calculated in (v) correlates to TB infection status of the individual, and wherein steps (iii) and (iv) can be carried out either sequentially or simultaneously. There are also provided compositions and kits for use in such methods.