Dna Genotek Inc.

Abogen, Inc.

Stephen Douglas Andrews

Youssef Biadillah

Bryce G Rutter

Melvin Joshua Leedle

Benjamin Cooper Priess

Jonathan Sundy

Chris Briden

David S Frank

John R Zeman

Charles T Tackney

Manasi Jain

A solution is described for preserving cells and/or extra-cellular components in naturally expressed bodily fluids (e.g. saliva, sputum, urine) for further downstream analysis and/or for diagnosis of a medical condition. The solution may be hypertonic with respect to blood. Techniques are described for enriching cells from a sample of a naturally expressed bodily fluid, and/or for analysis, e.g. to diagnose medical conditions such as cancer, obesity, infections, autism, Alzheimer disease, hetotological disorders, cardiovascular disease or disorders, diabetes, vulnerable plack, LTBI, HIV infection, COPD, ACQS.

Devices, solutions and methods for sample collection related applications, analysis and diagnosis

The disclosure relates to devices, solutions and methods for collecting and processing samples of bodily fluids containing cells (as well as embodiments for the collection, and processing and/or analysis of other fluids including toxic and/or hazardous substances/fluids). In addition, the disclosure relates generally to function genomic studies and to the isolation and preservation of cells from saliva and other bodily fluids (e.g., urine), for cellular analysis. With respect to devices for collection of bodily fluids, some embodiments include two mating bodies, a cap and a tube (for example), where, in some embodiments, the cap includes a closed interior space for holding a sample preservative solution and mates with the tube to constitute the (closed) sample collection device. Upon mating, the preservation solution flows into the closed interior space to preserve cells in the bodily fluid. The tube is configured to receive a donor sample of bodily fluid (e.g., saliva, urine), which can then be subjected to processing to extract a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells can be further processed to isolate one and/or another cell type therefrom. The plurality of cells, as well as the isolated cell type(s), can be analyzed for functional genomic and epigenetic studies, as well as biomarker discovery.

Method for collecting and preserving a biological sample

Cell preserving solution

Biological collection system

Devices, solutions and methods for sample collection

Some embodiments are directed to a bodily fluid sample collection device for the collection of naturally expressed bodily fluids and include a cap engageable with a tube to close a mouth of the tube. The cap includes a chamber for containing a reagent. The tube defines at least partly a sample collection space for receiving the naturally expressed bodily fluid. The cap comprises first and second cap portions relatively movable with respect to each other. The first and second cap portions are configured such that, responsive to engagement of the cap on the tube, one of the cap portions is caused to move integrally relative to the other cap portion to open the chamber and permit fluid communication between the chamber and the sample collection space. The reagent in the chamber is thereby permitted to mix with the bodily fluid in the sample collection space. A method of organizing and processing samples is also described.

Device for sample collection

Growing community of inventors

Falmouth, ME, United States of America

Stephen Douglas Andrews