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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Promega Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Alan Courtney, Madison, WI (US);
Margaret Mary Ewing, Middleton, WI (US);
Robert Stewart McLaren, Oregon, WI (US);
David Harrison Warshauer, Verona, WI (US);
Assignee:
Promega Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6888 (2018.01); G16B 50/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/101 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6888 (2013.01); G16B 50/00 (2019.02);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods, reagents, and kits for the isolation of sperm cells from other cell types and the purification of sperm-associated DNA from a complex sample. In particular, methods, reagents, and kits are provided for the separation of intact sperm cells from epithelial cells via binding of sperm cells to a cellulose material, and the extraction of sperm-associated DNA therefrom.