Patents Assigned to Quest Diagnostics Inverstments Incorporated
  • AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20170268043
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid from one or more organisms in a biological sample, said method comprising: (a) spinning the sample at a rotational velocity sufficient to pellet cellular debris and fluorescence inhibitors present within the sample and reduce fluorescence interference or quenching in the sample; and (b) directly amplifying and detecting the target nucleic acid in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Quest Diagnostics Inverstments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lucien Jacky, Albert Castro, Peter Lee, Jose Matud, Michelle Tabb