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  • Use of an extraction control in a method of extracting nucleic acids
    Patent number: 7371531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of ensuring the effectiveness of the extraction workup from a biological sample of nucleic acid. The inventive method is able to distinguish between possible defects in the extraction of nucleic acid from a sample and possible defects in a subsequent amplification step. The present invention also relates to a packaged array for extracting nucleic acid from a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tobin Hellyer, Thomas Fort, Ray A. McMillian