OA12877A - Storing and detecting nucleic acid administered toa solid carrier. - Google Patents
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- OA12877A OA12877A OA1200400347A OA1200400347A OA12877A OA 12877 A OA12877 A OA 12877A OA 1200400347 A OA1200400347 A OA 1200400347A OA 1200400347 A OA1200400347 A OA 1200400347A OA 12877 A OA12877 A OA 12877A
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
- C12Q1/68—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
- C12Q1/6806—Preparing nucleic acids for analysis, e.g. for polymerase chain reaction [PCR] assay
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- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP02077697A EP1378576A1 (en) | 2002-07-04 | 2002-07-04 | Storing and detecting nucleic acid administered to a solid carrier |
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| OA12877A true OA12877A (en) | 2006-09-15 |
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| US (1) | US7585625B2 (pl) |
| EP (2) | EP1378576A1 (pl) |
| JP (1) | JP2005531751A (pl) |
| KR (1) | KR20050043882A (pl) |
| CN (2) | CN1665939A (pl) |
| AP (1) | AP1881A (pl) |
| AT (1) | ATE434055T1 (pl) |
| AU (1) | AU2003245176B8 (pl) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0312342B8 (pl) |
| CA (1) | CA2491495C (pl) |
| DE (1) | DE60327980D1 (pl) |
| EA (1) | EA010153B1 (pl) |
| IL (1) | IL166029A0 (pl) |
| MX (1) | MXPA05000115A (pl) |
| NZ (1) | NZ537498A (pl) |
| OA (1) | OA12877A (pl) |
| PL (1) | PL375109A1 (pl) |
| WO (1) | WO2003080869A2 (pl) |
| ZA (1) | ZA200402674B (pl) |
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| CA2585587C (en) | 2004-10-29 | 2016-02-16 | Maarten Tjerk Penning | Methods using mitochondrial nucleic acid for determining a health status of an individual |
| GB0601302D0 (en) * | 2006-01-23 | 2006-03-01 | Semikhodskii Andrei | Diagnostic methods and apparatus |
| GB0701253D0 (en) | 2007-01-23 | 2007-02-28 | Diagnostics For The Real World | Nucleic acid amplification and testing |
| CN102539662A (zh) * | 2012-01-10 | 2012-07-04 | 上海维斯塔生物科技有限公司 | 一种血液样本医学检测的方法和用具 |
| CN103484353A (zh) * | 2012-06-12 | 2014-01-01 | 清华大学 | 基于滤纸的生物大分子提取装置 |
| CN103667253B (zh) * | 2012-09-18 | 2016-03-30 | 通用电气公司 | 分离核酸的方法及装置 |
| US9644232B2 (en) * | 2013-07-26 | 2017-05-09 | General Electric Company | Method and device for collection and amplification of circulating nucleic acids |
| CN109207475A (zh) * | 2018-10-22 | 2019-01-15 | 博迪泰(厦门)生物科技有限公司 | 一种快速核酸提取方法 |
| WO2025188569A1 (en) * | 2024-03-03 | 2025-09-12 | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Analysis of nucleic acids in dried blood |
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| CA2491495C (en) | 2014-08-26 |
| BR0312342A (pt) | 2005-04-12 |
| KR20050043882A (ko) | 2005-05-11 |
| ZA200402674B (en) | 2004-06-30 |
| IL166029A0 (en) | 2006-01-15 |
| BRPI0312342B8 (pt) | 2021-07-27 |
| US7585625B2 (en) | 2009-09-08 |
| WO2003080869A3 (en) | 2003-12-31 |
| AP1881A (en) | 2008-08-21 |
| EA010153B1 (ru) | 2008-06-30 |
| EA200500157A1 (ru) | 2005-06-30 |
| AU2003245176B2 (en) | 2010-03-18 |
| US20050074792A1 (en) | 2005-04-07 |
| ATE434055T1 (de) | 2009-07-15 |
| BRPI0312342B1 (pt) | 2020-02-11 |
| CN1665939A (zh) | 2005-09-07 |
| CN1665939B (zh) | 2015-08-12 |
| AU2003245176B8 (en) | 2010-03-25 |
| JP2005531751A (ja) | 2005-10-20 |
| EP1378576A1 (en) | 2004-01-07 |
| PL375109A1 (pl) | 2005-11-28 |
| NZ537498A (en) | 2009-04-30 |
| DE60327980D1 (de) | 2009-07-30 |
| CA2491495A1 (en) | 2003-10-02 |
| MXPA05000115A (es) | 2005-08-26 |
| EP1427860B1 (en) | 2009-06-17 |
| EP1427860A2 (en) | 2004-06-16 |
| WO2003080869A2 (en) | 2003-10-02 |
| HK1079818A1 (zh) | 2006-04-13 |
| AP2005003215A0 (en) | 2005-03-31 |
| AU2003245176A1 (en) | 2003-10-08 |
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