Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving virus or bacteriophage
Patent
1993-03-24
1996-03-12
Parr, Margaret
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving virus or bacteriophage
435 2, 435 6, 435 912, 435 71, 935 77, 935 78, 935 81, C12Q 170, C12Q 168, C12P 1934
Patent
active
054985200
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method for testing a blood unit for viral contamination without rendering the blood unit unusable for therapeutic applications. The method comprises the steps of: removing and collecting from a blood unit a majority of the leukocytes present therein with a leukocyte filter; and using the leukocytes collected in and on the filter to test the blood unit for viral contamination. The present invention also provides a method for validating viral inactivation processes.
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Arthur Lisa
Barrett Joseph B.
Barrett Robert M.
Baxter International Inc.
Parr Margaret
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