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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Yuri Khripin, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Arvind Virmani, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Lori Kobayashi, Boonsboro, MD (US);
Inventors:
Yuri Khripin, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Arvind Virmani, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Lori Kobayashi, Boonsboro, MD (US);
Assignee:
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and materials for improving nucleic acid or protein recovery from samples preserved in liquid cytological preservative solutions by utilizing scavenging agents, such as hydrazine- and hydrazide-containing compounds, are provided. Lysis solutions comprising hydrazine- and hydrazide-containing compounds and kits comprising the same are also provided.