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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony P. Shuber, Northbridge, MA (US);
Steven Hecht, Boston, MA (US);
Erin Coffman, Nashua, NH (US);
Paul MacLean, Marlborough, MA (US);
Howard B. Kaufman, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); C12N 1/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2013.01); C12N 1/066 (2013.01); C12N 15/101 (2013.01); C12N 15/1003 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 1/701 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a method of treating a sample comprising cells with a process of partial lysing. Cells are exposed to a process such as bead beating that lyses some cells in the mixture. The process generates a resultant sample mixture that is suitable for both cell morphology screening and genetic screening.