Patent 7214427 was granted and assigned to AVIVA Biosciences on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention relates generally to the field of moiety or molecule isolation, detection and manipulation and library synthesis. In particular, the invention provides a bead, which bead comprises: a) a magnetizable substance; and b) an electrically conductive substance or an optical labeling substance. Methods and kits for isolating, detecting and manipulating moieties and synthesizing libraries using the beads are also provided.