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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Vlassov, Austin, TX (US);
Mu Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Emily Zeringer, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Conrad, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/30 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/34 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); G01N 33/5076 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, compositions and kits for the isolation of exosomes from biological fluids and tissues. Volume-excluding polymers are used to precipitate exosomes from biological samples thereby allowing exosome isolation by low-speed (benchtop) centrifugation or filtration. Further fractionation of exosomes after precipitation is also described.