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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Patrick McCoy Spooner, Albany, NY (US);
Peter James Tatnell, Caerphilly, GB;
Jeffrey Kenneth Horton, Vale of Glamorgan, GB;
John Richard Nelson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Michael John Gerdes, Albany, NY (US);
Suzana Kiel, Göttingen, DE;
Ralf Lenigk, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Alexander Schenk, Dassel, DE;
Wei Sun, Göttingen, DE;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods and kits for capturing sperm nucleic acids from or in a biological sample. In one embodiment the method the method includes, contacting the sample with a lysis solution, having a protamine-DNA complex, to lyse the cell and applying a protamine-specific antibody. This results in the protamine-specific antibody binding to the protamine-DNA to form a complex which may be captured, purified, or detected. Also provided are kits for carrying out the disclosed methods.