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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicants:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yamagata University, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhisa Minagawa, Kobe, JP;
Masaru Tanaka, Yonezawa, JP;
Takashi Hoshiba, Yonezawa, JP;
Tomokazu Shibuya, Yonezawa, JP;
Assignees:
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, Yamagata, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/49 (2006.01); C12N 5/09 (2010.01); C08F 20/58 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 30/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/491 (2013.01); C08F 20/58 (2013.01); C12N 5/0693 (2013.01); G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); C12N 2533/30 (2013.01); G01N 2030/885 (2013.01); G01N 2030/8822 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for capturing cancer cells which can capture many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM. The present invention relates to a method for capturing cancer cells present in biological fluid, the method including reducing the protein level of sampled biological fluid, followed by capturing cancer cells using a hydrophilic polymer layer.