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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James G. Herman, Timonium, MD (US);
Stephen B. Baylin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for detecting a methylated CpG-containing nucleic acid present in a specimen by contacting the specimen with an agent that modifies unmethlyated cytosine and amplifying the CpG-containing nucleic acid using CpG-specific oligonucleotide primers. The present invention provides an improved method of methylation detection by facilitating the rapid identification of DNA methylation patterns in a CpG-containing nucleic acid.