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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Ayoub Rashtchian, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventor:
Ayoub Rashtchian, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Quanta Biosciences, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved methods of studying RNA molecules are provided. In particular, methods of treating mixtures of RNA molecules so as to enrich the mixture for a desired type of RNA molecule are provided. For example, the methods permit depletion of mRNA from complex mixtures to facilitate study of microRNAs in the mixture.