Simultaneous collection of dna and non-nucleic analytes from oral fluids
CA 2285384 C · Owner: Orasure Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Goldstein, Andrew S.; Bestwick, Richard K.
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This invention provides for a rapid and convenient method of simultaneous collection of both genomic and diagnostic information from a single sample on a bibulous pad by differential extraction of the diagnostic information from the genomic information. It is a surprising discovery of this invention that a PCR assay on the contents of the bibulous pad provides results comparable in reliability, specificity, and sensitivity to the best available serum (blood) based assays. The assays of this invention can be used to confirm each other either by detecting the genomic information leading to the diagnostic information, or by detecting in the genomic information a predisposition to a , …
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- Filed March 27, 1998 and granted October 16, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 2018.
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