Exact Sciences Corporation
Method for stabilizing hemoglobin and reagents for performing the same
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Abstract:
A stool resuspension solution comprising a hemoglobin stabilization reagent is provided. In some embodiments, the hemoglobin stabilization reagent may be an osmolyte, a polyvalent cation, a sugar or polysaccharide and, optionally, a polyvalent cation, a protoporphyrin, or an HRP stabilization component and, optionally, a polyvalent cation. A method of stabilizing hemoglobin in a stool sample in the solution is also provided, as well as a sample collection device containing the solution.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
15 Mar 2019
Issue date:
12 Jul 2022