Aprogenex Inc. makes announcement.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1995--Aprogenex Inc. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :APG) Tuesday announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 5,457,024 for a method of enriching fetal nucleated blood cells in a maternal blood sample using a leukocyte depletion device. ``This patent covers a method of enriching nucleated erythrocytes from other nucleated cells and from non-nucleated red blood cells Red blood cells Cells that carry hemoglobin (the molecule that transports oxygen) and help remove wastes from tissues throughout the body. Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation red blood cells ,'' stated Dr. Luis Cantarero, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Aprogenex. ``The patent application was acquired as part of the technology acquired from MediGene in 1994. This technology, as well as various other technologies, are part of the company's broad, ongoing program for development of a fetal cell enrichment system for use in the GenSite prenatal genetic screening product.'' Aprogenex develops, manufactures and markets DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. probe-based test systems based on its proprietary RIGHTechnology which is broadly applicable to extensive markets in genetics, oncology, virology and microbiology. The company is currently developing GenSite, a prenatal genetic test using maternal blood, and two HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. ``viral load'' tests, the Virafy and ViraFlow assays. CONTACT: Aprogenex Inc., Houston J. Donald Payne, 713/748-5114 or Equity Communications Ira Weingarten, 805/897-1880 |
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