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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Caleb J. Kennedy, Arlington, MA (US);
Mark Umbarger, Brookline, MA (US);
Gregory Porreca, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Caleb J. Kennedy, Arlington, MA (US);
Mark Umbarger, Brookline, MA (US);
Gregory Porreca, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Good Start Genetics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2563/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing nucleic acids to identify novel mutations associated with diseases. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve obtaining nucleic acid from a subject having a disease, identifying at least one mutation in the nucleic acid, and comparing the mutation to a database of mutations known to be associated with the disease, wherein mutations that do not match to the database are identified as novel mutations.