Markers for prenatal diagnosis and monitoring
US7718367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/16
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods and kits are provided for diagnosing, monitoring, or predicting preeclaimpsia in a pregnant woman, trisomy 18 and trisomy 21 in a fetus, as well as for detecting pregnancy in a woman, by quantitatively measuring in the maternal blood the amount of one or more RNA species derived from a set of genetic loci and comparing the amount of the RNA species with a standard control.
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