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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005

Filed:

Sep. 10, 1999
Applicants:

Dolores M. Berger, Baltimore, MD (US);

Daretta A. Yursis, Parkton, MD (US);

William A. Nussbaumer, Timonium, MD (US);

Anne B. Brown, Seaford, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dolores M. Berger, Baltimore, MD (US);

Daretta A. Yursis, Parkton, MD (US);

William A. Nussbaumer, Timonium, MD (US);

Anne B. Brown, Seaford, NY (US);

Assignee:

Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/68 ; G01N001/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and composition for stabilizing clinical specimens (i.e., cells in biological samples) for transport and subsequent testing for diagnosis. The composition is specifically capable of maintaining nucleic acid in the cells intact for hybridization with oligonucleotide capture and detector probes.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Berger, Dolores. (2005). Composition for providing long term stability to cells for diagnostic testing (U.S. Patent No. 6916608). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6916608

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