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Method for transdermal nucleic acid sampling

  • US 20040171048A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2003
  • Published: 09/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of transdermally sampling nucleic acid comprising:

  • piercing through the stratum corneum layer of skin into at least an underlying epidermis layer with a skin-piercing microprojection and disrupting or dislodging skin cells containing nucleic acid;

    collecting nucleic acid from the disrupted or dislodged skin cells; and

    analyzing the nucleic acid.

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