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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Yamagata University, Yamagata, JP;
Yasuhisa Minagawa, Kobe, JP;
Masaru Tanaka, Yonezawa, JP;
Takashi Hoshiba, Yonezawa, JP;
Haruka Emura, Yonezawa, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, Yamagata, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for capturing specific cells (e.g. many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM), and a method for analysis of specific cells involving the method. Included is a method for capturing specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including: agglutinating blood cells in sampled blood or biological fluid; centrifuging the resulting blood or biological fluid; and then capturing specific cells therefrom onto a hydrophilic polymer layer.