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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Hubert Köster, Concord, MA (US);
Kai Tang, Brighton, MA (US);
Dong-Jing Fu, San Diego, CA (US);
Carsten W. Siegert, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel P. Little, San Diego, CA (US);
Andreas Braun, San Diego, CA (US);
Brigitte Darnhofer-Demar, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Jurinke, Hamburg, DE;
Dirk Van den Boom, Dreieich, DE;
Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides fast and highly accurate mass spectrometer based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromosomal abnormality; a predisposition to a disease or condition, infection by a pathogenic organism, or for determining identity or heredity.