United States
US 6,258,540 B1
Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis
US 6,258,540 B1 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2001-07-10. Applicant: Oxford University Innovation Ltd. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Oxford University Innovation Ltd
- Inventors
- Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo; James Stephen Wainscoat
- Publication date
- 2001-07-10
- Filing date
- 1998-03-04
- Document type
- B1 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 6,258,540 B1 · US6258540 · 6258540
Abstract
The invention relates to a detection method performed on a maternal serum or plasma sample from a pregnant female, which method comprises detecting the presence of a nucleic acid of foetal origin in the sample. The invention enables non-invasive prenatal diagnosis including for example sex determination, blood typing and other genotyping, and detection of pre-eclampsia in the mother.
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