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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Erik Robbert Vossenaar, De Meern, NL;
Gerhard Spekowius, Roetgen, DE;
Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart, Rosmalen, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Vught, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Erik Robbert Vossenaar, De Meern, NL;
Gerhard Spekowius, Roetgen, DE;
Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart, Rosmalen, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Vught, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining in vitro the amount of nuclear DNA within a human or animal cell using UV absorption measurement with UV light. The invention also relates to a method for detecting in vitro cancerous cells in a biological sample relying on the aforementioned principles. The invention also relates to an in vitro method of diagnosing or predicting the likely occurrence of cancer in a human or animal subject.