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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Elizabeth Rohlfs, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Deborah Alexa Sirko-Osadsa, North Grafton, MA (US);
Lynne Rosenblum, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Narasimhan Nagan, South Grafton, MA (US);
Zhaoqing Zhou, Natick, MA (US);
Ruth Heim, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel mutations identified in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that can be used for a more accurate diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) and CF related disorders. Methods for testing a sample obtained from a subject to determine the presence of one or more mutations in the CFTR gene are provided wherein the presence of one or more mutations indicates that the subject has CF or a CF related disorder, or is a carrier of a CFTR mutation.