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Analysis methods

US9822409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Good Start Genetics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Caleb Kennedy · Arlington, US
Mark Umbarger · Brookline, US
Gregory Porreca · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Q2563/185
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing nucleic acids to identify novel mutations associated with diseases. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve obtaining nucleic acid from a subject having a disease, identifying at least one mutation in the nucleic acid, and comparing the mutation to a database of mutations known to be associated with the disease, wherein mutations that do not match to the database are identified as novel mutations.

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