Methods and apparatus for sample tracking

a sample tracking and sample technology, applied in biochemistry apparatus and processes, fertilization, and vector-borne diseases, etc., can solve the problems of large bottlenecks in molecular diagnostic laboratories, difficult to extract such large amounts of dna from many forensic samples such as blood and semen stains, and still suffer from significant drawbacks of barcode labels, so as to reduce the chance of errors
US20040157220A1Inactive Publication Date: 2004-08-12HANDYLAB
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US · United States
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HANDYLAB
Publication Date
2004-08-12
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Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a biological sample obtained during either paternity screening, genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, presymptomatic diagnosis, diagnosis to detect the presence of a target microorganism carrier detection analysis, forensic chemical analysis, or diagnosis of a subject to determine whether a subject is afflicted with a particular disease or disorder, or is at risk of developing a particular disorder, wherein the result obtained from the analysis is associated with the unique DNA fingerprint biological barcode of the genotype of the subject being analyzed. The methods and apparatus of the invention have application in the fields of diagnostic medicine, disease diagnosis in animals and plants, identification of genetically inherited diseases in humans, family relationship analysis, forensic analysis, and microbial typing.
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1. INTRODUCTION

[0001] The present invention relates generally to the emerging field of human, animal or plant DNA fingerprinting. The methods and apparatus of the invention have application in the fields of diagnostic medicine, disease diagnosis in animals and plants, identification of genetically inherited diseases in humans, family relationship analysis, forensic analysis, and microbial typing. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to methods and apparatus for the simultaneous analysis and tracking of biological samples.2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] It is known that there are simple nucleotide sequences in the human genome that can occur in different numbers of repeats in different individuals, giving rise to a range of different alleles or variants of different length that can be used as genetic markers to typify the DNA of an individual. It is these genetic markers that DNA diagnostic laboratories use in molecular diagnostics procedures for the identification a...

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