Patents Assigned to The Food & Environment Research Agency (FERA) representing the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Purification method and kits
    Patent number: 8043811
    Abstract: A method for separating nucleic acid from a liquid sample, said method comprising the steps of causing a liquid sample containing or suspected of containing said nucleic acid to flow along a bibulous membrane, for example of a conventional lateral flow device, so that nucleic acid is distributed along the length of the membrane. The nucleic acid may be detected on the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Food & Environment Research Agency (FERA) representing the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    Inventors: Christopher Danks, Neil Boonham