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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2003
Matthew P. Collis, Seven Valleys, PA (US);
Donald W. Copertino, Catonsville, MD (US);
Karen Eckert, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Thomas L. Fort, Finksburg, MD (US);
Matthew P. Collis, Seven Valleys, PA (US);
Donald W. Copertino, Catonsville, MD (US);
Karen Eckert, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Thomas L. Fort, Finksburg, MD (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for pretreating biological samples for extraction of nucleic acid therefrom The present invention employs a combination of at least one protein denaturant with one or more of the following elements to form a reaction mixture for extraction of nucleic acid: (1) at least one aprotic solvent, (2) stepwise heating, and (3) sample dilution.