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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., CN;
Inventors:
Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Homantin, CN;
Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Shatin, CN;
Stephen Siu Chung Chim, Quarry Bay, CN;
Nancy Bo Yin Tsui, Kowloon, CN;
Assignee:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and kits are provided for diagnosing, monitoring, or predicting preeclaimpsia in a pregnant woman, trisomy 18 and trisomy 21 in a fetus, as well as for detecting pregnancy in a woman, by quantitatively measuring in the maternal blood the amount of one or more RNA species derived from a set of genetic loci and comparing the amount of the RNA species with a standard control.