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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Ravi Kapur, Sharon, MA (US);
Mehmet Toner, Wellesley, MA (US);
Roland Stoughton, The Sea Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel Shoemaker, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald W. Davis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ravi Kapur, Sharon, MA (US);
Mehmet Toner, Wellesley, MA (US);
Roland Stoughton, The Sea Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel Shoemaker, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald W. Davis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
GPB Scientific, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Verinata Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for detecting, enriching, and analyzing rare cells that are present in the blood, e.g. fetal cells. The invention further features methods of analyzing rare cell(s) to determine the presence of an abnormality, disease or condition in a subject, e.g. a fetus by analyzing a cellular sample from the subject.