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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2002
Lalitha Parameswaran, Burlington, MA (US);
Albert Young, Fishkill, NY (US);
Laura T. Bortolin, Concord, MA (US);
Mark A. Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
James Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Johanna Bobrow, Somerville, MA (US);
Lalitha Parameswaran, Burlington, MA (US);
Albert Young, Fishkill, NY (US);
Laura T. Bortolin, Concord, MA (US);
Mark A. Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
James Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Johanna Bobrow, Somerville, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for preparing a nucleic acid component of a sample for amplification includes contacting the sample with a porous support that deactivates a nucleic acid amplification inhibitor component of the sample and directing a fluid through the porous support, whereby the nucleic acid component of the sample is directed through at least a portion of the porous support and is separated from the support, thereby preparing the nucleic acid component for amplification. The method can be conducted in an apparatus that includes a porous support having a component that deactivates a nucleic acid amplification inhibitor component of a sample contacting the porous support and a housing having an opening and defining an interior, said interior being in fluid communication with the porous support, whereby at least a portion of a fluid directed through the opening is directed through at least a portion of the porous support and separates at least a portion of a nucleic acid component of a sample contacting the porous support from the support, thereby preparing the nucleic acid component for amplification.