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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Bert Vogelstein, Baltimore, MD (US);
Frank Diehl, Schortens, DE;
Kenneth W Kinzler, Bel Air, MD (US);
Meng LI, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Bert Vogelstein, Baltimore, MD (US);
Frank Diehl, Schortens, DE;
Kenneth W Kinzler, Bel Air, MD (US);
Meng Li, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3277 (2013.01); G01R 31/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improvements on the basic method used for BEAMing increase sensitivity and increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The improvements have permitted the determination of intrinsic error rates of various DNA polymerases and have permitted the detection of rare and subtle mutations in DNA isolated from plasma of cancer patients.