University of Virginia Patent Foundation

Michael C Breadmore

James P Landers

Jerome Ferrance

Pamela E Norris

Mary E Power

Rosanne M Guijt

Sushil Shrinivasan

Adam J Gaudry

Kelley A Wolfe

The present invention is directed to novel device comprising a sol-gel filled microchannel and methods for purifying nucleic acids from biological samples. In one embodiment shown in FIG., the microfluidic device () comprises a base () with a microchannel () formed in the interior of base (), wherein said microchannel () is filled with a sol-gel matrix and in fluid communication with an inlet port () and outlet port () wherein inlet port () and outlet port () are formed on the exterior surface () of base (). The device may be further provided with additional components to allow for analytical analysis of the purified nucleic acid sequences.

Apparatus and method for the purification of nucleic acids

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Margate, Australia

Michael C Breadmore